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On the other effects of the encroachment of the glob- hand, indigenous peoples' mobilization and the growing al market, accelerating deforestation, international acceptance of the justice and prudence of land loss and economic and cultural impoverishment on recognizing their rights are creating the context for con- the indigenous peoples of Asia. [...] control of village organization by the Depa1tment of The Act provides for the establishment of Orang Asli Orang Asli Affairs, with the purpose of integrating Orang areas and Orang Asli reserves, but allows the state to force Asli into Malay society; and national education have the the indigenous people to leave; the state may compensate long-term impact of eroding the traditional systems of for an. [...] The effects statute laws of urbanization and consumerism, combined with the power of advertisements, radio and television, have I n Sarawak, the traditional Native Customary Rights reached most communities - even those in the interior - (NCR) law, the Land Code of Sarawak and the Forest influencing the attitudes, lifestyles and values of indige- Ordinance, govern the indigenous peoples and their l. [...] Therefore, they imple- The in~igenous and tribal peoples in the north of Thai-mented policies in the north to encourage a feeling of land face the challenge of asserting the validity of belonging and of loyalty towards the Thai state. [...] The government has recently established a Foundation W hile the question of identity has come to the surface of the Upliftment of the Nationalities whose aim is to pro- in Nepal and influential ethnic groups have spoken mote the culture, interests and languages of the indige- out against the predominance of the people of Indo-Aryan nous peoples, and to improve their standard of living.