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Deal #5862 Version #73980

Myanmar

Created at

2017-12-07

Last update

2020-08-06

Last full update

2023-02-23

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

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.