Limits of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Malaysia: Dam Politics, Rent-Seeking, and Conflict

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Peter Ho, Bin Md Saman Nor-Hisham, Heng Zhao
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: environmental and social impact assessment; dam and mega-projects; forced displacement and resettlement; land eviction and expropriation; Borneo and Orang Ulu; first nations and ethnic minorities; envir; scipo; Eia; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410467; https://doaj.org/article/e2fa5683a60f4212b1fabce2fbdf8432

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is often portrayed as a policy measure that can mitigate the environmental influence of corporate and government projects through objective, systematic, and value-free assessment. Simultaneously, however, research has also shown that the larger political context...