Saving rivers, saving lives

‘Most of our resources have been taken away; the money from our land and rivers goes to the mainland or overseas,’ says Peter Kallang, a lifelong campaigner for the people of Sarawak, who is fighting to bring sustainable, renewable energy to local communities instead of the massively destructive mega dams pushed by the government.

The Malaysian state of Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo is home to one of the world’s most critically endangered and biodiverse rainforests. ‘Sarawak is as big as England with lots of forests and rivers. Indigenous people have lived there for