Indigenous people hail Adenan’s decision to stop Baram project

Adenan: 'These developments were among the progress the state had made in the five key areas of negotiations with Petronas.'

KUCHING: The unanticipated decision by Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem to revoke the gazettement for land earmarked for the Baram dam and reservoir has been commended by indigenous leaders around the world.

The decision to halt the construction of the Baram dam is timely with mounting evidence that the unpredictable and extreme wea­ther caused by climate change would increase cost and reduce benefits of mega dams, said Joan Carling, a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).