CNRP lawmaker to visit site of proposed dam

11 November 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Energy / Energy policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Government / Hydropower dams / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Ministry of Environment / Renewable energy production
Chinese aid / CNRP / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Environment / Pol Ham / Sinohydro Resources / Stung Chhay Areng dam

Opposition CNRP lawmaker Pol Ham on Monday said he will visit the site of a proposed hydropower dam in Koh Kong province on Monday with colleagues from his parliamentary commission before they quiz government officials about the controversial project later this month. If built, the 108-megawatt Stung Chhay Areng dam would flood thousands of hectares in the protected Cardamom Mountains, including critical wildlife habitats. The project is opposed by the hundreds of ethnic Chong families who would also have to give up their ancestral lands to make way for the reservoir. …

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