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...
Ram Sing, a senior practicing lawyer in Borneo, asserted that Native Customary Rights (NCR) in Sabah have existed since time immemorial through the practice of customs or Adat by the indigenous population. Furthermore, no legislation can remove these rights since they are provided under the Sabah Land Ordinance and Forest...
At the Rio+20 global summit, indigenous peoples from all over the world have come to present solutions for sustainable development, flag serious risks associated with government ‘green’ proposals, and highlight how indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge and practices contribute to sustaining the world’s most fragile ecosystems. Read here about how traditional...
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...
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...
Penan Headman Juwin Lehan of Long Win village in Tutoh, Baram demanded that the Borneo Post, a local newspaper, give a full apology and retraction of the article titled “Penan sever ties with rights, environmental groups.” The article falsely implied that Juwin claimed to be misled by local and foreign...
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...
About 30 people from villages surrounding the proposed Baram dam site in Borneo gathered during a ceremonial event called the ‘Manyau Dalleh,’ organised by the Sarawak State Government and Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), to protest the planned construction of the Baram Hydroelectric Dam Project. The protesters displayed banners and shouted...
