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July 23, 2008

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Tribal Malaysian Villages Threatened by Dams

Planting rice in the Kelabit Highlands: © magnusvk (flickr)

07/18/2008

At least a thousand indigenous people in the Malaysian state of Sarawak may lose their homes as the company Sarawak Energy Berhad plans to build hydroelectric dams that would submerge local villages and part of a World Heritage site.

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