“Ngäbe communities facing evictions call for international solidarity “, 8 Apr 2016

 …Ngäbe communities in western Panama are calling for support from the international community after officials from the Honduran-owned energy company, GENISA, warn that they will soon be evicted from their homes to make way for the flooding of the Barro Blanco hydro dam reservoir…M22 made international headlines in 2015 when they blocked the entrance to the dam for 38 consecutive days, until riot police…unleashed pepper spray and batons on the Ngäbe activists, women and children...Flood tests are now taking place and according to the international NGO Carbon Market Watch (CMW), there remains a worrying lack of requisite dialogue between the government and the communities affected by the hydro dam…T]he United Nation’s CDM carbon offsetting mechanism, has received significant financing from The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), The German Investment & Development Company (DEG) and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CBIE)…