What: Clearing of native forest for a massive commercial bamboo plantation. Where: The Bakun reservoir is an area in Sarawak’s Belaga region that was flooded to develop the Bakun hydroelectric mega-dam, displacing more than 9,000 Indigenous people in the late 1990s and early 2000s.  When: A new 44,545 hectare plantation concession (LPF/0056) was recently issued … Continue reading Deforestation Alert: New Bamboo Plantation on Bakun Dam