Will Cambodia Flood a Sacred and Biodiverse Valley for a Dubious Dam?

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Will Cambodia Flood a Sacred and Biodiverse Valley for a Dubious Dam?

A deal between a Chinese hydro company and Cambodian power brokers has put the Areng Valley at risk. Can villagers and activists save it?

—By Kalyanee Mam

| Sun Oct. 19, 2014 1:19 PM EDT

On September 15, Cambodian police detained 11 environmental activists for blocking a convoy of government vehicles headed for Areng Valley, the site of the controversial Stung Cheay Areng hydro dam project. The activists were released, but twelve Royal Cambodian Armed Forces officers are now stationed at the makeshift roadblock where villagers have been protesting the dam since March. Nothing now stands in the way of Sinohydro Resources, the Chinese company that the Cambodian government has contracted to construct the dam.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/10/areng-valley-cambodia-dam-hun-sen-rainsy-hydro