…The San Francisco Energy Company S.A. (CONERSA) plans to build a three-megawatt run-of-the river hydroelectric dam on the Cuyamel River, the main source of drinking water for six communities living in the Municipality of San Francisco, Atlántida. Referred to as the Cuyamel II Hydroelectric Project, the dam could potentially impact the lives of more than 7,000 people and would be built in the protected areas of the Cuyamel River micro-basin and the Pico Bonito National Park, the second largest park in Honduras (107,090 hectares). The Pico Bonito National Park is part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and includes the most eco-diverse mountain range in Honduras, which is rich in endemic species and home to species of fauna and flora that are threatened with extinction. The Cuyamel II Project jeopardizes the entire wealth of this highly efficient water-producing ecosystem…