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Companies:

The Compañía Hidroelétrica Coca Codo Sinclair S/A belongs to the Ecuadorian state owned company Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador CELEC S/A.

Protected areas affected:

• Cayambe Coca Reserve
• Bosque Protector La Cascada
• Bosque Protector de la Alta y Media del Río Tigre
• Napo-Galeras Sumac National Park
• Condor Biodiversity Reserve
• Sumac Biosphere Reserve

Funding:

The Ecuadorian Government is negotiating with Chinese Eximbank to finance 85% of the construction.

Environmental license:

Conceeded in July 2009

Links:

• Implications of the Coca Codo Sinclair Project to Ecuador's Amazonia

Source:

• Consejo Nacional de Electricidad
• Compañía Hidroelétrica Coca Codo Sinclair S/A
• Estudio de Impacto Ambiental Definitivo
• Ministerio de Electricidad