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MIRI – 7 th March . Today, the Baram villagers, resisting the proposed Baram dam, mark the 500 th day since the blockades were launched. On the 23 rd October 2013, villagers from 30 settlements in the Baram district set up blockades in Long Lama and Long Keseh to foil works on the Baram dam project. The blockaders evicted workers who were carrying out the preparatory works for the proposed dam and their machineries from site. Based on the plan by Sarawak Energy   Bhd (SEB) the proposed site for the Baram dam is a location between Long Keseh and Na’ah which is about 250 Km from Miri city. Since the start, the two blockades have been manned by various villagers from all over the Baram basin. Preparatory works carried out for the dam which triggered the blockades were geological surveys, construction of access roads and preparation of quarries facilities. The works were carried out although the mandatory Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was not completed nor was there ...

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"STOP BARAM DAM!" - Baram people voice

Published: Sunday October 6, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Sunday October 6, 2013 MYT 2:34:40 PM BY STEPHEN THEN MIRI: It is a race against time to rescue dozens of endangered animals in the Murum Valley threatened by rising waters from the impoundment of the Murum hydroelectric dam that began about two weeks ago. The water behind the main dam wall is rising fast. Trees and bushes that sheltered these endangered animals are fast being submerged. The Star yesterday received a call from an environmental activist who claimed that people were seen trying to capture these rare animals using traps. Calls to the Wildlife Department went unanswered, probably because it was a weekend. The Star also called up Penghulu Saging Bit, a local chieftain in Belaga, to find out what was actually happening. Saging explained that the people who were trying to trap and capture the animals were wildlife rangers from Sarawak Forestry and locals hired to help them in the task. “Personnel from Sarawak Forest...