Blockade on Potentially Disastrous Baram Dam May be Lifted

Blockade on Potentially Disastrous Baram Dam May be Lifted

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…