Mass flooding, environmental devastation and the displacement of countless indigenous people have characterized a hydroelectric dam campaign ramming its way through public opposition in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.  Construction of the Baram dam (the most recent of 12 proposed dams) has begun, but locals – having seen thousands of…

A massively unpopular and environmentally devastating project involving the construction of 12 mega hydroelectric dams in Sarawak, Eastern Malaysia may not come to completion after all. Originally slated to produce 7,000 MW of electricity by 2020 – and flood over 2,000 square kilometers of ancient rainforest while displacing tens of…