The Penan community has asked Ba Kelalan assemblyman Baru Bian to pursue the RM100 million promised to them by the federal government in 2008. During a visit with two hundred representatives from twenty longhouses, Bian said that the Penan also expresssed discontent with the Baram dam project. Read more about the...
Villagers affected by the Bengoh dam who had initially agreed to be resettled with the condition that they were given houses, land, and basic infrastructure, are having second thoughts. In addition to being kept in the dark about the resettlement schedule, a logging company has moved onto the land the...
Organized by the Save Sarawak’s Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers) and the Baram Protection Action Committee (BPAC), representatives of villages in the Baram District of Borneo, strongly opposed the plans of the Sarawak State Government and Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) to build the Baram Dam. Read the letter detailing their requests...
The statement that tropical dams provide clean energy is a myth. A recently published report in Nature Climate Change warns that dams in the tropics emit a much great amount of greenhouse gas emissions than their temperate counterparts. The main sources of emissions come from the release of carbon from...
Jettie Word, Executive Director of The Borneo Project, talks about the current threats that Borneo faces including deforestation, spreading palm oil plantations, and threats to indigenous communities. Tune into Sierra Club Radio! Listen here. For more information on the current threats in Borneo, please visit: https://borneoproject.org/borneo/overview-of-current-threats. http://sierraclub.typepad.com/sierra_club_radio/ Sierra Club Radio:...
The Director of the Borneo Project, Jettie Word, speaks to the importance of protecting Borneo’s rivers and the communities that live on their banks from twelve massive and destructive proposed dam projects. Read more about how the Borneo Project is supporting indigenous communities who are directly impacted by environmental destruction....
About 40 people from Baram pressured their community leaders to resign if they failed to listen to the voices of that oppose the proposed Baram Dam project. The action came after Orang Ulu community leader Temenggong Pahang Ding, Forum’s President Gerawat Gala and Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri...
Originally published in the Earth Island Journal Magazine by Brihannala Morgan Rivers are the lifeblood of Borneo, the third largest island in the world, known for its incredible biodiversity and rich forests. Shared by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei Darrusalam, the island is home to orangutans, sun bears, and many other...
The people of Baram gathered together to protest the proposed Baram Dam during a ceremony called the ‘Manyau Dalleh’ organised last Saturday by the state government and Sarawak Energy Berhad to kick start the second phase of soil studies of the dam project. Read more about the protest against the...
The five-year campaign to find someway to use the 2,400 megawatts of power generated by the Bakun Dam in Sarawak came to an end when Rio Tinto Alcan recently pulled out of a RM6 billion aluminum smelt project. The mega-dam is a cherished project of former prime minister Dr Mahathir...
