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Hydroelectric Project Threatens Indigenous Culture

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A hydroelectric dam project in eastern Taiwan is finally being pushed through after a 20-year delay. Protesters from local Indigenous villages say the dam could threaten their way of life and livelihoods. On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus reporter Rik Glauert sits down with Awi Mona, a law professor at National Dong Hwa University. We first zoom in on the dam’s impact on local environments, then zoom out to understand Indigenous people’s longstanding struggles with land development projects.