Dam critics outline litany of risks

19 March 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Environmental impact assessments / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Hydropower dams / Land / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
Alex Gonzalez-Davidson / Areng Valley / Bun Leut / Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Project / China Guodian / CI / Conservation International / FFI / Flora and Fauna International / Mother Nature Cambodia / Sinohydro Corp / Stung Cheay Areng dam / Toby Eastoe

As villagers in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley continue to block Sinohydro Corp employees from entering the area where the Stung Cheay Areng dam is planned, conservationists and rights workers have spoken of the havoc it will wreak if it goes ahead. In terms of the impact on wildlife, forests and the livelihoods and traditions of the local communities, Toby Eastoe of Conservation International (CI) said that it would create a litany of problems. … Eastoe said that the company, the world’s largest hydropower developer, had approached NGOs working on conservation in the area for an environmental impact assessment (EIA) that it is preparing to evaluate the costs of conservation. The firm is bound to conduct a new EIA under a 1999 law regulating development projects. …

 Daniel Pye and Phak Seangly
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