Chan 75

In its 2011 annual meeting, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee expressed serious concern over planned and existing dams in Panama and Costa Rica. IUCN and the World Heritage Centre will conduct a monitoring mission this year.

Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica/Panama)

The World Heritage Committee Decision 35 COM 7B.29

Mr. Kishore Rao
Director
World Heritage Centre
7, place de fontenoy
75352 Paris
France

Subject: Dams an Increasing Threat to World Heritage Sites in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Dear Mr. Kishore Rao,

Comments on Chan 75 by the Alliance for Conservation and Development (ACD) and the Center for Biological Diversity

Carbon Management Service

TUV-SUD Group

Germany

Dear members of the Certification Body:

We want to express our highest regards for the members of the certification body and the work do.

Comments on Changuinola 1 (Chan 75) Large Hydro Project (Panama)

Submitted to Manja Welzel, TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH, by John Reid, President of Conservation Strategy Fund

To Whom It May Concern:

Comments by Larry Lohmann, The Corner House, on Changuinola 1 Hydropower Project in Panama

CLEAN DEVELOPMENTMECHANISM

Changuinola 1 Hydroelectric Project in Panama
PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT Version 03.1

Comments
Larry Lohmann
The Corner House

OVERALL SUMMARY COMMENT

Comments on Changuinola I Hydroelectric Project (Panama)

Ms. Manja Welzel

TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH
Carbon Management Service
Fax ++49 89 5791-2756

COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REGARDING THE CHAN 75 DAM PROJECT IN PANAMA

Summary

Comments on the CDM Project Design Document (PDD) for the AES Changuinola I (a.k.a. Chan 75) Large Hydroelectric Dam Project: A Case of “Greenwash Additionality”

Submitted by International Rivers to the project validator TÜV SÜD
August 8, 2008

• From December 2007 World Rivers Review

This rainy season, a mushy mess is sliding down the Changuinola River Valley. Huge Volvo machines are tearing up old mountain roads, causing tons of chocolate-brown run-off to flow into nearby streams.