On Today Show
— Dennis Along, Tering community from Mulu – The Cost of Development: Logging and Hydro Dams in Sarawak Under Fire
— Jacklyn Simo, youth activist from Kamppung Nyegol Bengoh – Bengoh Dam Impact: Villagers Turn to Eco-Tourism for Sustainable Livelihoods
— George Laeng from Uma Akeh – Solar Projects Fail to Deliver Lasting Solutions for Baram's Remote Villages

Topik Pada Hari Ini
— Dennis Along, komuniti Tering dari Mulu – Kos Pembangunan: Pembalakan dan Empangan Hidro di Sarawak Dikritik
— Jacklyn Simo, aktivis belia dari Kampung Nyegol Bengoh – Kesan Empangan Bengoh: Penduduk Beralih ke Eko-Pelancongan untuk Kelestarian Kehidupan
— George Laeng dari Uma Akeh – Projek Solar Gagal Memberikan Penyelesaian Berpanjangan untuk Kampung Terpencil di Baram

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Dennis Along, Tering community from Mulu
*The Cost of Development: Logging and Hydro Dams in Sarawak Under Fire*
Premier Sarawak Johari Openg, last Wednesday, during his speech at the inauguration of the United States-Malaysia Clean Energy Forum 2024 at BCCK Kuching, said that the Sarawak government will use excess hydroelectric production to ensure food security in Sarawak. Sarawak has many rivers that serve as water sources for generating hydroelectric power, which also produces a large surplus of water. This surplus water will be used for the irrigation of paddy fields in Sarawak. This means Sarawak can solve two problems with one action.
The arguments presented by the Sarawak Premier aim to justify the construction of hydro dams. Before the Premier promises food security for the people of Sarawak, what is the guarantee of electricity supply to the residents of Bakun and Murum who have sacrificed their land, forests, and rivers for electricity generation? Why are there still many longhouses in Bakun and Murum that have not been supplied with electricity? Why is the excess electricity from Bakun and Murum not given to them for free?
Surplus water for the irrigation of paddy fields in Sarawak? Can the Sarawak Premier show where the commercial paddy fields in Sarawak are? What is commonly known is that there are no commercial paddy fields in Sarawak, and even if there were, there is no need to build hydro dams for their irrigation.
Concerning the Premier's argument that Sarawak is trying to solve the climate change problem by planting 35 million trees by 2025. This objective was achieved four days ago, and Sarawak achieved it a year earlier. The Premier must realize that it is indeed the government's duty to care for and protect the environment.
But does the Sarawak Premier realize that BN/GPS has been the biggest destroyer of the environment in Sarawak? The Sarawak government has consistently granted logging licenses to hundreds of logging companies for the past 50 years, and logging activities in Sarawak are still aggressive. To protect the environment, GPS should launch a zero logging campaign as suggested by PKR Baram a few years ago. By stopping logging and combined with tree-planting efforts, that is the correct way to protect the environment.
The trees planted by the Sarawak Premier will be cut down when they are mature enough to be sold. What we mean is that trees should be planted and cared for over hundreds of years for future generations - says Dennis Along.
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