The Vietnam River Network (VRN), a well-known environment protection organization, has officially petitioned to remove the Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A projects from the hydropower plant development program, because the two projects are believed to have negative impacts on the society and the environment.
Biodiversity law not respected
The scientists of VRN, after considering the report on the possible impacts on the environment prepared by the hydropower plants’ investors, have come to a conclusion that the projects violate the biodiversity law.
The Article No. 7 of the law clearly stipulates the prohibited behaviors, including the building of the works and houses within the severely protected areas of the sanctuaries, unless these are the works for national defense and public security.
Since Dong Nai and Dong Nai 6A are not the works to serve the national defense or public security, the development of the two projects would violate the article No. 7 of the Biodiversity Law.
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