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Deal #5862 Version #73979
Myanmar
Created at
2017-12-07
Last update
2020-07-28
Last full update
2023-02-23
Recognition status of community land tenure
Recognition status of community land tenure
Indigenous Peoples traditional or customary rights not recognized by government
Consultation of local community
Community consultation
Not consulted
Comment on consultation of local community
Activist demand that there should be "a participatory process for energy planning – both for Thailand and Myanmar – so the public is allowed to be involved and all options can be taken into account, including energy efficiency, small-scale power plants and a decentralized system.” (Pollard, 2018)
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Rejection
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Displacement of people
Number of people actually displaced
60 000
Comment on displacement of people
Forced relocation in the dam area due to military conflict between 1996 and 1998 indicate that the conflict in the area not only because of dam plannings.