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Mutated tribe can swim to bottom of ocean after developing 'sea nomad gene'

The Bajau tribe of Indonesia have become the first known humans to genetically adapt to diving. The tribe live an extremely amphibious life, and have now been proven to possess the genetic makeup to ...
THE WEEK

The campaign of destruction against 'sea gypsies'

Malaysian police have been demolishing the offshore homes of a nomadic maritime tribe, with hundreds evicted as part of a crackdown on undocumented migrants. Last month more than 500 Bajau people were ...
UNHCR

Ensuring the rights of nomadic seafarers

As a young girl, Wanita Arajani lived the traditional life of her nomadic people, who roamed from the Philippines to Malaysia and Indonesia by boat, living from the sea. Few went to school, learned to ...
Digital Journal

Indonesia’s sea nomads turn to jobs on land

Stilt houses in the village of the Bajau sea nomads in Pulau Papan in Sulawesi - Copyright AFP Jack MOORE Stilt houses in the village of the Bajau sea nomads in Pulau ...
Mongabay

Indonesia’s Bajau fishers lament nickel mining’s marine pollution

For many members of the nomadic Bajau sea tribe on Indonesia’s Kabaena Island, growing up meant swimming and fishing in clear waters, just outside their homes built on stilts. However, in 2010, the ...