Ministry fails to settle fears over Koh Kong dam

5 May 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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Alex Gonzalez-Davidson / Ministry of Mines and Energy / NGO Mother Nature / Sinohydro (Cambodia) United

A meeting at the Ministry of Mines and Energy on Friday about plans for a controversial hydropower dam in Koh Kong province failed to assuage fears among those trying to stop the project that construction had already been approved. During Friday’s meeting, officials from the ministry and the Chinese firm behind the project, Sinohydro (Cambodia) United, explained why Cambodia needed such dams and insisted that this particular project in Koh Kong was not yet approved, according to Mother Nature founder Alex Gonzalez-Davidson. “They said they were going to go ahead and do the research, and meet with the community, and eventually [meet with] civil society, and then they will make a decision.” But he said the project’s opponents remained dubious, having seen documents suggesting that the project had been approved and heard from local officials who have confirmed as much. …

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