Indigenous People Score an Epic Win: the Baram Dam has been Scrapped

Indigenous People Score an Epic Win: the Baram Dam has been Scrapped

Chalk a victory up to grassroots activism. And a giant victory at that. Sarawak’s government has officially backed down from its plan to build a hydroelectric dam on the Baram river, following fierce opposition to it from local indigenous communities. Local villagers had been fighting tooth and nail against the proposed dam…