Critics say a mega-dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, which involved flooding an area the size of Singapore, has proved a catastrophe for the local environment and people -- and the race is on to stop the construction of a further 12 proposed dams. Duration: 02:17 00:02:17 PRWINT CodeNameMMV375331_TEN FileNameMMV375331_TEN- Ngajang Miden (man), Community leader and activist - Bulan Avun (woman), Resident of Naha Jalei village - Mark Bujang (man), Activist and Executive Director, Borneo Resources Institute Malaysia - Zulkifle Osman (man), Managing Director of Sarawak Hidro - Penghulu Danny Ibang Liau (man), Community leader in Sungai Asap - Kasin anak Greu (man), FishermanSCRIPT: Hunting trips have changed for these tribal people in the Borneo jungle; this lake didn't used to be here. The Bakun mega-dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak was completed in 2010, flooding an area roughly the size of Singapore. SOUNDBITE 1: Ngajang Miden (man), Community leader and activist (English, 10 sec): "All the animals go away because of the effect of the water...We have to travel further...to the place where we go for hunting." Five villages above the dam refused to be relocated; instead they moved to higher ground. SOUNDBITE 2: Bulan Avun (woman), Resident of Naha Jalei village (Kayan, 9 sec): "Our ancestors lived here for more than a hundred years and now the government says the land belongs to them." SOUNDBITE 3: Mark Bujang (man), Activist and Executive Director, Borneo Resources Institute Malaysia (English, 14 sec): "About 70 percent of the whole of Sarawak has already been logged and now has been converted into plantations. And now we have the danger of dams...You build a dam there, there's nothing left...it's the final nail in the coffin." The dam will provide nearly twice as much electricity as the whole state of Sarawak currently uses. The aim is to industrialise the state. SOUNDBITE 4: Zulkifle Osman (man), Managing Director of Sarawak Hidro (English, 8 sec): "We have the power ready for any industry to come...so I think that is good for the industry and development of Sarawak itself." Sungai Asap is the new town where more than 10,000 people were relocated. Here residents have access to schools, health care and sporting facilities. But they had to pay for their new homes and say they received less land than they were told -- among other broken promises. SOUNDBITE 5: Penghulu Danny Ibang Liau (man), Community leader in Sungai Asap (Malay, 8 sec): "The compensation is not as much as they told us it would be." Downstream from the dam, fishermen have been forced to move away to look for other work. Campaigners say lower water levels mean a higher concentration of chemicals from surrounding palm oil plantations. SOUNDBITE 6: Kasin anak Greu (man), Fisherman (Malay, 9 sec): "We don't have other means to earn a living; we put up fishing nets but there's no fish. There are buyers but no fish." Bakun dam is only the first of 13 megadams proposed in the state of Sarawak. If they're built, swathes more rainforest will disappear and tens of thousands more people will be uprooted. SHOTLIST: REFILE OF A PREVIOUSLY TRANSMIITED REPORT, FIRST TRANSMITTED OCTOVBER 2011 NAHA JALEI ULU BALUI, MALAYSIA. SEPTEMBER 23-24, 2011 (SOURCE: AFPTV) -Ngajang Miden and two other men from village in boat with dogs on hunting trip -Pan across boat carrying men on hunting trip -Men pushing floating branch out of way of boat -SOUNDBITE 1: Ngajang Miden (man), Community leader and activist (English, 10 sec): "All the animals go away because of the effect of the water...We have to travel further...to the place where we go for hunting." -Hunters in jungle (overlay) -Various of elderly man chopping branch and walking on floating logs on lake shore -SOUNDBITE 2: Bulan Avun (woman), Resident of Naha Jalei village (Kayan, 9 sec): "Our ancestors lived here for more than a hundred years and now the government says the land belongs to them." BINTULU, MALAYSIA. SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 (SOURCE: AFPTV) -SOUNDBITE 3: Mark Bujang (man), Activist and Executive Director, Borneo Resources Institute Malaysia (English, 14 sec): "About 70 percent of the whole of Sarawak has already been logged and now has been converted into plantations. And now we have the danger of dams...You build a dam there, there's nothing left...it's the final nail in the coffin." BAKUN, MALAYSIA. SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 (SOURCE: AFPTV) -Pan from lake to Bakun Dam (overlay) -Wide of dam in morning mist -Wide of electricity lines leading away from dam -Pan from turbine hall following lines up hill (overlay) -SOUNDBITE 4: Zulkifle Osman (man), Managing Director of Sarawak Hidro (English, 8 sec): "We have the power ready for any industry to come...so I think that is good for the industry and development of Sarawak itself." SUNGAI ASAP, MALAYSIA. SEPTEMBER 22-23, 2011 (SOURCE: AFPTV) -Pan across end of long house -CU of children outside long house -Children going into school -Tilt up from teenagers in internet room -Boys playing football on court -Medium of main building in town -Penghulu Danny Ibang Liau walking across log to reach his land -SOUNDBITE 5: Penghulu Danny Ibang Liau (man), Community leader in Sungai Asap (Malay, 8 sec): “The compensation is not as much as they told us it would be." UMA NYAVING, MALAYSIA. SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 (SOURCE: AFPTV) -Various of elderly man walking next to half empty long house -Girl peering round door of house -CU of Kasin anak Greu's face while driving boat -SOUNDBITE 6: Kasin anak Greu (man), Fisherman (Malay, 9 sec): "We don't have other means to earn a living; we put up fishing nets but there's no fish. There are buyers but no fish. NAHA JALEI ULU BALUI, MALAYSIA. SEPTEMBER 23-24, 2011 (SOURCE: AFPTV) -Wide of women fishing in evening light in boats on lake shore -CU of women fishing with boat passing behind -CU of boat moving on lake -Wide of lake in sunset and boat crossing in foreground
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