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Barro Blanco Hydroelectric

Issues

Environmental

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding environmental impacts that do not refer specifically to water, pollution, or biodiversity.

Complaints with this Issue: 366

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Human rights

Description: Complaint frames concerns using the language of human rights violations.

Complaints with this Issue: 63

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Sectors

Energy

Description: Project relates to energy access, legal frameworks regarding the energy sector, and development and operation of energy infrastructure, including power generation and electric and gas distribution and storage. Projects specifically related to the extraction of oil and gas are not included.

Complaints in this Sector: 325

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Project

Name: Barro Blanco Hydroelectric

Investments: EIB

Client:

Support: Loans

Country: Panama

Complaint

IAM: Complaints Mechanism (CM)

ID: SG/E/2009/11

Date Filed: Dec. 11, 2009

Date Closed: Aug. 2, 2011

Status: Closed Without Outputs

Description

On 11 December 2009, Ambientalistas from Chiriqui and Asociacin Ambientalista de Chiriqui (ASAMCI), Alianza para la Conservacion y el Desarrollo (ACD), Movement M-10 Tabasara, Coordinadora para la Defensa de Tierras y Aguas (CODETIAGUAS), Asociacion Pro-Defensa de las Cuencas Hidrograficas and Leila Shelton-Louhi lodged a complaint with the EIB Complaints Mechanism (EIB-CM) whereby they challenged the financial assistance granted by the EIB to the project promoter for the Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project. In their letter, the complainants raised concerns regarding (i) compliance with the additionality principle of the Clean Development Mechanism, (ii) alleged lack of adequate consultation and assent of indigenous communities, (iii) allegedly negative environmental and social impact of the project, and (iv) alleged conflict of interest of National Authority of Environment of the Republic of Panama.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Dec. 11, 2009

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Dec. 11, 2009

Registration

Dec. 11, 2009 -

Dec. 11, 2009

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Dec. 11, 2009

End Date: Dec. 11, 2009

Eligibility

Dec. 11, 2009 -

Jan. 8, 2010

Eligibility

Status: Closed Without Output

Start Date: Dec. 11, 2009

End Date: Jan. 8, 2010

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Unknown

Compliance Review

Jan. 8, 2010 -

Jan. 11, 2011

Compliance Review

Status: Closed Without Output

Explanation: Funding and/or consideration ended; Outside of mandate

Has Compliance Report: Yes

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage

Closed

Aug. 2, 2011

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