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12 Jul 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)

Report: Endangered Protected Areas and Water Resources in Honduras. The case of the Cuyamel II Hydroelectric Dam Project in San Francisco, Atlántida

The current report assesses the impact on human rights of the San Francisco Energy Company S.A. (CONERSA) Cuyamel II Hydroelectric Project (“Cuyamel II Project”). The dam planned to be built on the Cuyamel River which is the main source of potable water for the Municipality of San Francisco, Atlántida. The project’s approval process initiated in 2001 but its execution was not approved by the National Congress until 2014. However, its construction has been delayed seemingly because of the local population's resistance to the project, the presence of the Fourth Infantry Battalion since 2013, and the lack of investors. Since its inception, the project has entailed violations of the rights of the people of San Francisco, in particular of the right to water, which was compounded by violations of the right of access to information and to citizen participation, as well as the right to an effective remedy. The current report analyses past, current and potential violations ensuing from the Cuyamel II Project…

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