Dong Nai Province People’s Council on Thursday proposed that the Government and the National Assembly’s Standing Board not agree to the building of two hydropower plants on the upstream Dong Nai River, since they will have a negative impact on the environment and local life.
Dong Nai Province People’s Council on Thursday proposed that the Government and the National Assembly’s Standing Board not agree to the building of two hydropower plants on the upstream Dong Nai River, since they will have a negative impact on the environment and local life.
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| Bien Hoa city's representative objects to the building of two hydropower plants, Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A, at the meeting. |
The proposal was made at yesterday’s meeting of the Council, which said the hydro projects, Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A, will create additional electricity for the country, but will also cause immeasurable and unforeseen damage to the environment and life in the areas affected by the two plants.
Recently, many experts have strongly objected to the two proposed hydropower plants, which are planned to be built in the Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve area, which includes Cat Tien National Park.
Dr Nguyen Hoang Tri, General Secretary of the National Committee for the Man and Biosphere Program in Vietnam, under UNESCO, said, “If the hydropower projects are carried out, this biosphere reserve will suffer the following impacts: the habitats of species will be divided and isolated, the landscape will be segmented, the ecological connectivity will be broken, and the ecological systems will be upset.
Under such conditions, many species would face further challenges in living, finding food and mating. Many, therefore, could face extinction.
Moreover, in isolated and divided habitats, inbreeding – mating between biological relatives – will occur and this will result in genetic erosion that weakens the vitality of later generations, Tri said.
(Source: TTNews)
