Letter to FMO DEG on their response to the situation concerning Barro Blanco in Panama

A coalition of organizations calls on FMO and DEG to address human rights failures and environmental damage caused by the Barro Blanco dam project in Panama, specifically regarding 'test flooding' conducted without community consultation or Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

• Local communities in Panama are experiencing water encroaching on their land and damaging consequences due to 'test flooding' of the Barro Blanco dam reservoir, a process conducted without proper consultation, information, or due process to gain consent.
• The 'mesa de dialogo' consultation process led by the Panamanian government is described as a failure of due process, specifically regarding the mandatory FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent) procedure for relocations, as it failed to account for the voices of affected communities.
• The undersigned organizations request that FMO and DEG take two specific actions: dispatch an independent mission to monitor the ground situation and use their leverage to ensure the reservoir is drained, damages are remediated, and a new inclusive decision-making process is initiated.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2016). Letter to FMO DEG on their response to the situation concerning Barro Blanco in Panama. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-fmo-deg-on-their-response-to-the-situation-concerning-barro-blanco-in-panama/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Letter to FMO DEG on their response to the situation concerning Barro Blanco in Panama. 2016. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-fmo-deg-on-their-response-to-the-situation-concerning-barro-blanco-in-panama/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Carbon Market Watch |title=Letter to FMO DEG on their response to the situation concerning Barro Blanco in Panama |date=7 July 2016 |url=https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-fmo-deg-on-their-response-to-the-situation-concerning-barro-blanco-in-panama/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2016letter, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Letter to FMO DEG on their response to the situation concerning Barro Blanco in Panama}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2016}, month = jul, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-fmo-deg-on-their-response-to-the-situation-concerning-barro-blanco-in-panama/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }