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31 May 2017

Author:
The Pico Bonito National Park Foundation (FUPNAPIB), The Honduran Center for the Promotion of Community Development (CEHPRODEC) & the Worldwide Movement for Human Rights (FIDH)

Honduras: Protected areas and water resources threatened by the granting of licenses for hydroelectric plants

…The Cuyamel II hydroelectric plant project risks causing irreversible harm to Protected Areas in the Pico Bonito National Park and to the Cuyamel River micro basin, the main source of water for nearly 7000 people in the San Francisco municipality, Atlántida…[A] report alerting on regulatory gaps and weaknesses in the current system that make it possible to build hydroelectric plants in protected areas, and without adequate community information and participation. Our organizations call on international, regional and national financial institutions to act with enhanced due diligence when directly or indirectly financing this type of projects…

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