the Penan's international fame, environmentalists often visited the area to document such happenings and learn more about and from the people there, including their perspective on the land's invasion. Environmentalists such as Davis and Henley, who Brosius writes lumped all native groups of Malaysia into one homogeneous group with the same ideas and traditions, and lacked dialectical connections needed to deeply understand the Penan, lacked full knowledge of the situation's specific weight to the Indigenous peoples. The two embarked on a mission, stating they wished to help with conservation of the Penan's land resources, but Brosious states they were among the many who repackaged traditional knowledge into something that fit a Western narrative and agenda, and that Davis and Henley romanticized and misconstrued the traditional Penan concept of molong (meaning: "to preserve"the Penan marked trees for personal use and to preserve them for future harvesting of fruits or for materials). Another common occurrence is to extend Indigenous knowledge beyond its limits and into unrelated meanings that western consumers find spiritually profound. This tendency of journalists extends beyond Davis and Henley. It serves non-Natives to add a narrative and value beyond that which already exists within the knowledge base of Indigenous peoples. Not only do these fictionalized accounts of some Indigenous knowledge and traditions skew the beliefs of onlookers, but they also contribute to cultural genocide as the actual spiritual and religious beliefs of the Indigenous people are disappeared and replaced with the westernized fiction. See also Collective rights Colonialism Cultural appropriation Ethnic minority Genocide of Indigenous peoples Human rights The Image Expedition Indigenism Indigenous Futurisms Indigenous intellectual property Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment Initiative Indigenous rights Intangible cultural heritage International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples National Indigenous Peoples Day, Canada Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States) Isuma List of active non-governmental organizations of national minorities, Indigenous and diasporas List of ethnic groups List of Indigenous peoples Missing and murdered Indigenous women Uncontacted peoples United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization Virgin soil epidemic Notes References Further reading External links Awareness raising film by Rebecca Sommer for the Secretariat of the UNPFII "First Peoples" from PBS "The Indigenous World" from International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs "Oaxaca: A Land of Amazing Diversity" by John P. Shmal Institutions IFAD and indigenous peoples (International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD) IPS Inter Press Service News on indigenous peoples from