A system of several big dams was planned to produce electricity for the growing urban centres.
Karen villages in were removed when the sanctuary was established in 1972, and in the late-1970s the remaining communities in Huai Kha Khaeng had to leave when the flooded their settlement areas.
Sean Bain, legal consultant from the International Commission of Jurists ICJ , stated that no site-wide EIA or public consultation was implemented, which was required by law, and there has been no transparency either.
Carbon offsets were fundamentally flawed from the beginning, and always will be.