The spraying of ddt led to a chain of events such as deterioration of the thatched roofs and collapsing of the roofs which the locals complained about.
Roofs collpsing in borneo.
Borneo mosquitoes were wiped out caterpillars ate grass roofs cats were parachuted in cats caught lizards containing ddt roaches stored ddt in their bodies grass roofs collapse lizards disappeared lizards slowed down rats increased.
What did this have to do with the ddt.
The indigenous people of sarawak and sabah live in each village in long houses with thatched roofing that could house as much as hundred families.
Southeast asian island of borneo.
Without the wasps around the caterpillars multiplied and devoured the thatch roofs.
Two workers were lucky to escape unscatched after an abandoned canteen block at sekolah kebangsaan sk siol kanan collapsed this afternoon.
Deaths approaching a million globally 22 million infected and growing.
Rumah adat are traditional houses built in any of the vernacular architecture styles of indonesia the traditional houses and settlements of the several hundreds ethnic groups of indonesia are extremely varied and all have their own specific history.
If they re big enough to wake up the world but not enough.
First the thatch roofs on the houses of borneo started collapsing.
Brazil india the us and russia accounting for almost 50 of the total cases.
We re the roof beams of thatched huts in borneo where the farmer enduring bends low bends low.
Deaths approaching a million globally 22 million infected and growing.
If a man now and then did some roof patching replaced chewed up beams and half eaten thatching we could keep out the wind the rain and the sun and shelter a man when his labors were done.
First the thatch roofs on the houses of borneo started collapsing.
The covid 19 pandemic continues relentlessly.
Brazil india the us and russia accounting for almost 50 of the total cases in the world i feel it coming a series of disasters created through our diligent yet unconscious efforts.
Hijrah samawi 36 said she was sweeping the.
The number of people killed when a restaurant in northern china collapsed has climbed to 29 state media said yesterday with efforts to find survivors brought to a close.
Meanwhile the ddt also landed on borneo s cockroaches.
Bangkok thailand aug 24 ips the covid 19 pandemic continues relentlessly.
5 ethnic groups in indonesia are often associated with their own distinctive form of rumah adat.
Despite caterpillars we roof beams stayed strong.
