Environmental degradation is not only a product of human neglect of the physical environment, but is often the result of conflict between competing interests over scarce resources. Minority communities and the poor, who are affected by the conflict, are pushed to the margins. This commentary reflects on how the people affected by the rare earth project in Pahang, an eastern state in Peninsula Malaysia, are marginalised by the mainstream press.
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