ADB DAM PROJECTS

Violating Peoples Rights over Land, Forest and Water

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PURPOSES?

HYDROPOWER

WATER SUPPLY

IRRIGATION
 The LAIBAN DAM
Philippines

SONG BUNG 4
HYDROPOWER PROJECT
Vietnam
 CONCLUSION
Dams serve not the host communities but cities where
corporates thrive
Dams unfairly displace, worst uproot tribal/indigenous communities

Dams greatly disrupt the ecosystem, putting communities to greate

danger

Dams destroy not only the natural environment but also the good
traditional values of communities
Dams worsen the gap between the rich and the poor, the
rural and urban communities, and the lowland and upland
communities