Indigenous protestors in Sarawak are continuing a blockade started last week in protest of the construction of the Baram Dam, one of Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s planned mega dam projects for the region. Another group protesting downstream has been able to prevent Sarawak Energy workers from accessing the road to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2013 (BARAM RIVER / MALAYSIA) Two road blockades have been erected to prevent the construction of the 1,200 MW Baram Dam. One blockade has been erected near Long Lama, on the shores of the Baram River, with a second blockade near the proposed dam site....
Malaysian energy company Sarawak Energy has been nominated for the Public Eye’s 2014 award for ‘worst company of the year.’ Swiss NGO the Bruno Manser Fund submitted the nomination based on the energy giant’s repeated human rights violations and its record of environmental destruction. Read more from the Bruno Manser...
A peaceful protest against mega dam projects in Sarawak took place outside the Kuala Lumpur Parliament building yesterday morning. Protesters held signs against the Murum Dam and Baram Dam, asking the Malaysian government to respect indigenous demands for a fair settlement or stop construction of the dams altogether. Read more...
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) and the Sarawak government come under criticism from activists denouncing the development of 12 dams, for which the process has not been transparent regarding social and environmental concerns. Read more from Thomson Reuters Foundation Read more about the Borneo Project’s Campaign to Stop the Dams in...
30,000 to 50,000 indigenous people to pay the price for Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s excessive dam plans in Malaysian Borneo. Read more from Bruno Manser Fonds Read more about the Borneo Project’s Campaign to Stop the Dams in Sarawak Also: View a high resolution version of the Sarawak dams map A...
Practical information is often necessary for communities resorting to the court process (Civil Litigation) to reclaim Native Customary Rights (NCR) Lands. The below guidebook is SACCESS’s first attempt to better inform and prepare Native Customary Rights (NCR) landowners in Sarawak who want to use the Malaysian civil courts to seek declaration...
Sarawak Report has learned that campaigners can claim victory after statements yesterday by Hydro Tasmania boss, Roy Adair, pledging that the company is withdrawing from its guiding role over Taib’s mega-dam projects. Adair, who had till recently enthused over Hydro Tasmania’s partnership with Sarawak Energy’s program of up to 50...
VIDEO Hydro Tasmania – out of Sarawak Indigenous leaders from the Malaysian state of Sarawak joined today with Australian Greens Senators Christine Milne and Lee Rhiannon to launch a national campaign calling on Hydro Tasmania to pull their support out of controversial dam proposals in Sarawak that will displace tens...
KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak is embarking on a drastic social and economic change via an energy-intensive programme called the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE). The powerhouse of SCORE comprises at least twelve planned mega-dams which will displace tens of thousands of indigenous people. Baram dam alone will displace 20,000 natives,...
