Hydropower plant project threatens Yok Don National Park While the Ea K’tour hydropower project is feared to damage the Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Rangers in the The Drang Phok hydropower plant would be located on the Serepok river section which runs across the core area of the According to the documents released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the 26 MW hydropower plant, developed by TECCO, would permanently occupy 302.5 hectares of land, including the 295.4 hectares of the Hoang Vinh, Deputy Head of the Forest Ranger Unit No. 9, warned that if a hydropower plant is developed there, a big construction site with hundreds of workers and noisy machines would be arisen and working for several years. “We cannot imagine how the national park will be like by that time,” Vinh said. “There are only 16 of us who take the responsibility of protecting the 16,000 hectares of forests. How can we control so many people?” he questioned. “The noise from machines, the tumultuous noise from detonated mines will keep animals away,” he said. According to the consultancy firm, the Drang Phok hydropower plant would gobble up a large area of forest, including both the poor and rich forests with precious wood. Vinh has expressed his worry that the “khop forests” as called by local people, or the type of forest with typical Dipterocarpaceae plants only existing in The managers of The national park not only has the environment and biodiversity value, but also has precious wood. The survey has found that in the rich forests in the area where the Drang Phok power plant would be located, there are 255 plants standing on every hectare of land on average. The plants have the average trunk diameters of 42 cm and the average reserves of 227 cubic meters per hectare. The medium forests are also considered the forests rich in reserves, 175 plants per hectare, 155 cubic meters per hectares with typical precious wood. Tran Van Thanh, Director of the The Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A hydropower plant projects have threatened the According to Thanh, the land areas in Cat Tien and Chu Yang Sin, where the hydropower plants would be located belong to the strictly protected areas. However, the areas lie on the edges of the parks. Meanwhile, the Drank Phok plant would be located in the core area of the park, which is believed to cause more serious impacts. Source: Dan Viet |
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