Following the suspension of building work on a Brazilian dam yesterday, the Burmese President has just suspended building work on a controversial dam on the Irrawaddy River. The $3.6 billion dam was largely being built with Chinese money and technology and was due for completion in 2019. The reservoir created by the dam was due to flood an area rich in biodiversity and home to thousands of indigenous people, the natural flow of the Irrawaddy would also have been disturbed. The Burmese people would also have received little benefit from the dam with 90% of the electricity produced due to be exported to China.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15121801
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