Petition on Barro Blanco: Don't evict Ngäbe families for the Barro Blanco dam

The document is a petition signed by over 105,000 people urging the Panamanian government to stop the forced eviction of approximately 270 Ngäbe indigenous people to make way for the Barro Blanco dam. It highlights that the project threatens to flood six hectares of indigenous territories, including homes, schools, and cultural sites. Despite the concessionary, GENISA, being fined $775,000 in September 2015 for failing to reach agreements with stakeholders, the government has allowed construction to proceed by declaring the project a matter of national interest.

• The Barro Blanco dam is expected to flood six hectares of Ngäbe indigenous territories, which includes the destruction of schools, homes, and religious, historical, and cultural sites.
• In September 2015, the Panamanian administration found the project concessionary, GENISA, guilty of failing to reach an agreement with affected stakeholders and imposed a fine of $775,000.
• Approximately 270 indigenous people face forced evictions, which the petition argues would violate human rights regarding property, education, culture, food, water, and free, prior and informed consent.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2016). Petition on Barro Blanco: Don't evict Ngäbe families for the Barro Blanco dam. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/petition-on-barro-blanco-dont-evict-ngabe-families-for-the-barro-blanco-dam/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Petition on Barro Blanco: Don't evict Ngäbe families for the Barro Blanco dam. 2016. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/petition-on-barro-blanco-dont-evict-ngabe-families-for-the-barro-blanco-dam/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Carbon Market Watch |title=Petition on Barro Blanco: Don't evict Ngäbe families for the Barro Blanco dam |date=29 June 2016 |url=https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/petition-on-barro-blanco-dont-evict-ngabe-families-for-the-barro-blanco-dam/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2016petition, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Petition on Barro Blanco: Don't evict Ngäbe families for the Barro Blanco dam}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2016}, month = jun, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/petition-on-barro-blanco-dont-evict-ngabe-families-for-the-barro-blanco-dam/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }