MIRI, Oct 13, 2015 – An international event will be held here from
Oct 19 to 24 to mark the second anniversary of the blockade against the proposed construction of Baram-1 dam
and the moratorium of works on the project.
The World Indigenous Summit on Environment and Rivers (WISER
Baram 2015) will be attended by representatives of indigenous peoples from
Brazil, Honduras, Chile, the Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, Australia, the
United States of America and the Wintu tribe of California.
The foreign delegates will be accompanied by local
participants from the various Malaysian dams.
