Episode three of Sarawak Gone’s, The Dam, the Bidayuh travel to the Bakun Dam resettlement scheme and hear from the resettled Kenyah at Sungai Asap about their experiences and see first hand the results of resettlement. They also meet with Iban at Rumah Agi who fought to retain customary right to their own land in the face of palm oil exploitation.
I had travelled extensively throughout Ulu Baram for the past 20 years…in the height of the Penan campaign against the logging companies…..when the PPF fired tears gas into Penan blockade in Selaan….with small children sleeping in their huts!
Back then you can find abundances of all varieties of fishes to fish and animals to hunt….now all gone!
As said…..we can’t eat the road….cant drink the mud! So what sustainable development did these logging companies brought to us?
Comment by anak Baram... — August 18, 2010 @ 5:12 PM |
Yes. Sorry to say, but we can’t eat roads.
In town areas where roads got jam, roti pun not so banyak as before.
Comment by Watcha — August 18, 2010 @ 2:18 PM |