Impact assessment for Areng dam nears final steps as project looms

31 October 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental impact assessments / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Hydropower dams / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Mines and Energy / Provincial and local governments / Renewable energy production / Social development / The poor
Cambodia National Rescue Party / Department of Mines and Energy / EIA / environmental impact assessments / Hun Sen / Pich Siyun / Sam Rainsy / SBK Research and Development / Sinohydro Group / Stung Cheay Areng dam

Companies contracted to carry out social and environmental studies of the proposed Stung Cheay Areng dam in Koh Kong province yesterday confirmed that the Sinohydro Group is set to renew work in the Areng Valley in the coming days. The studies, which would pave the way for the government to approve the dam project, come just weeks after Prime Minister Hun Sen reportedly told opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy the project would “be left to future generations”. …

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