SAVE Rivers Network has brought their concerns of corruption in the Sarawak dams directly to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
Simone Adler
International Rivers
Job title:
Policy Program Intern
Tagline:
Holding the dam industry accountable
Personal bio:
Water is life. It is essential to protect this resource vital to the health of all people, rivers, and ecosystems. As the Policy Program Intern, my work focuses on the dam industry’s approach to sustainable hydropower development. The industry has developed its own voluntary auditing framework for dam construction called the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP), which is weak in addressing certain socially and environmentally sustainable criteria. I am researching the 11 corporations that have joined the HSAP to track their human rights and environmental records and assess their commitments to social and environmental standards for future dam projects. A sustainable framework for dam development must incorporate the notion that water is more than just a source of electricity generation; it is the source that people and all life depend upon.
Date: Friday, September 7, 2012 - 11:06
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 15:07
Two companies involved in controversial Sarawak dams claim they are upholding best practice by using the HSAP, but the corruption surrounding the projects is proving otherwise.
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 16:46
A lack of transparency and participation surrounds the issues of resettlement and environmental impacts of the Murum Dam.
Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 17:29
Hydropower corporations that have joined the HSAP make claims they are sustainable, but could it be anything more than a public relations opportunity?
