The Add Jay wrote:I think we can all agree that utility cost are very high in this country compared to our fellow neighboring countries that provide more then half of Cambodia's power.

So why the FUCK would you not want to build this damn? This country needs it desperately. The population is exploding and more and more homes need juice. The short sight of some is out of control.

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The Add Jay wrote:I think we can all agree that utility cost are very high in this country compared to our fellow neighboring countries that provide more then half of Cambodia's power.

So why the FUCK would you not want to build this damn? This country needs it desperately. The population is exploding and more and more homes need juice. The short sight of some is out of control.

The Areng Valley is more than just a biodiversity gem. It is home to more than a thousand indigenous Khmer Daeum who would be forcibly evicted from their ancestral land to make way for the dam. In addition, many critically endangered wildlife – including the Siamese crocodile and Asian elephant – will be a step closer to extinction, and large ecologically intact old-growth forests located in the nearby Central Cardamom Protected Forest are likely to be subjected to rampant and uncontrolled logging should this dam proceed. Given the risks this project poses, two Chinese hydropower companies who were looking to build the dam – China Southern Power Grid and China Guodian Corporation – have already withdrawn from the project citing high environmental impact and low economic feasibility. China’s Sinohydro Resources is now earmarked to build the dam pending the studies they have underway, despite the costly reputational risks the project poses. With the threat that the Cheay Areng Dam poses to the future sustainability of one of Cambodia’s biodiversity and ancestral heritage hotspots, this destructive project will remain ing on the edge of consciousness until it's cancelled and companies, like Sinohydro, will likely remain under-fire for their continued involvement.

The report makes the following conclusions and recommendations:

There has been a lack of transparency in the approval process and development of the project;
Social and environmental assessments carried out by the project developer were inadequate, lacking consultation with affected people and not considering the project’s cross-border impacts;
There is an immediate need for regional government cooperation given the project’s transboundary impacts;
Given the project’s significant impacts on the Mekong River Basin’s fisheries, the dam is a major threat to the food security of a substantial number of Cambodian people;
The Lower Sesan 2 Dam should not proceed as it is currently planned as the potential human and environmental costs are unacceptably high;
There are more sustainable alternative energy options that can make a substantial contribution to Cambodia’s growing energy needs. These alternatives should be investigated as a matter of urgency.