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Cambodian needs effective policy measures for power sector: report
Cambodia requires effective policy measures to accelerate its development plans for the power sector, according to the summary of a market research report distributed Saturday. UK-based PR Carbon said the report noted that Cambodia’s power sector comprise targets for developing a national power grid to distribute ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MTNkZjkxMjU2OTc
Ratch pulls out of JV for Cambodia power plant
- 21 August 2013
- The Nation
- Coal / Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Exports / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Minerals and mineral products / Non-renewable energy production / Trade
- coal / EGAT / Electricity / Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) / energy / Energy policy and administration / Exports / Generation and distribution facilities / Infrastructure / international relations / KK Power / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Non-renewable energy production / Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding / Thailand / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding will cancel its joint-venture agreement with KK Power to build a 1.8-gigawatt coal-fired power plant in Koh Kong province of southwestern Cambodia. Pongdith Potchana, chief executive of Ratch, said yesterday that the company had revised the plan after its analysis indicated that ...
Singaporean Startup to Install Streetlamps in Rural Villages
- 20 August 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Renewable energy production / Solar power
- Commlight / development aid / energy / Fosera Lighting / Generation and distribution facilities / Kampong Chhnang / Kampong Chhnang Province / Kraing Learve village / Krang Lvea / Krang Lvea village / Renewable energy production / Robert Haendel / Singapore / Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore / Solar Power / Toek Laak village / Trapeang Kravan / Trapeang Kravan village / Tuek L'ak / Tuek L'ak village / World Toilet Organization
A Singaporean startup is planning to install streetlamps in three villages in Kompong Chhnang province later this year in an effort to enhance safety for people making their way home at night. Fosera Lighting is raising money through an online campaign to construct 75 solar-powered streetlights ...
Garment Sector Stable Despite Workers Leaving Jobs
- 20 August 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Coal / Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Generation and distribution facilities / Minerals and mineral products / Non-renewable energy production
- Ath Thon / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Elections / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / Garments and textiles / GMAC / Government / industry / Ken Loo / labor / migration / Phnom Penh
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) yesterday said a recent exodus of workers from factories in Phnom Penh to the provinces over concerns related to a recent military build up in the capital would not threaten stability in the sector. Ken Loo, secretary-general of GMAC, ...
Villagers Concerned Over Impact of Gold Mine
- 13 August 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Coal / Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Gold / Industrial mining / Investment / Land / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Non-renewable energy production
- Cao Yunde / Environmental & Natural Resources Management / environmental impact assessments / extractive industries / Khmer First Coal Mining group Co. Ltd / Khmer First Coal Mining Trading Exim Co. Ltd / Khmer First Investment Holding Group / Khmer First Mining Development Group / Khmer First Wealth Holding Group / Khun sea / Khun Sear Import Export Company / Land / mining / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy / pollution / Santepheap commune / Sekong commune / Siem Pang district / Sre Sambor commune / Stung Tren Province / Stung Treng / Thma Keo commune
More than 700 families living in Stung Treng province’s Siem Pang district have appealed to local authorities, demanding that they intervene to stop a Chinese company mining gold near their homes. Sin Dan, chief of Thma Keo commune, said he had delivered the petition to both ...
Bulldozers will not move us, families insist
- 7 August 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Renewable energy production
- Botum Sakor District / energy / foreign investment / hydropower / Investment / Kiri Sakor District / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / land / Land and Natural Resources / Land tenure and titling / Phnom Penh / Real estate / Renewable energy production / trade and investment
More than 100 families living in Koh Kong’s Kiri Sakor and Botum Sakor districts are on the clock, with an official government decree demanding they vacate their land in less than two months or face the bulldozers of the Chinese firm slated to build a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bulldozers-will-not-move-us-families-insist
Mekong residents voice their concerns
- 2 August 2013
- Viet Nam News
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Pollution and waste / Protected areas / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / An Giang University / aquaculture / Climate Change / Cuu Long / Dams / droughts / farming / Fish / fish populations / fisheries / Fishing / flooding / hydropower / lakes / Mekong Delta / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Mekong River tributaries / riverbank erosion / rivers / Save the Mekong / Thailand / the Southern Institute of Ecology / Viet Nam River Network / Vietnam River Network / water / water degradation / water quality / Water resources / Water resources management
Residents living in the Mekong River basin are expressing concerns over water degradation in the Mekong river and its impact on farming, aquaculture and the livelihood of the millions of people who live in the region. People from Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam’s Cuu Long (Mekong) ...
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/242941/mekong-residents-voice-their-concerns.html
Climate Change Will Adversely Affect Economy
- 25 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Industries / Renewable energy production / Tourism
- Alberto Lemma / Cambodia Development Research Institute / CDRI / Climate Change / climate-change impact / energy / energy resources / environment / hydropower / manufacturing / manufacturing sector / ODI / Overseas Development Institute / Phnom Penh / Tourism / UK / United Kingdom / water
Cambodia’s manufacturing and tourism sectors will face adverse effects from climate change due to the country’s focus on hydropower, according to a report produced jointly by British and Cambodian think tanks. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/climate-change-will%E2%80%88adversely-affect-economy-36624/
Cambodia's oil import down by 2 pct in 5 months
- 22 July 2013
- ASEAN-China Center
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Imports / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources / Trade
- crude oil refinery project / energy / Gas / Gasoline / Imports / Kong Putheara / Memorandum of Understanding / Ministry of Commerce / MOU / oil / oil and gas / oil imports / Petroleum / Phnom Penh / Trade
Cambodia imported 727,500 tons of petroleum in the first five months of the year, a 2 percent drop from 744,700 tons a year earlier, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Saturday. A liter of premium gasoline goes for 1.38 U.S. dollars in Phnom ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-07/22/c_132563149.htm
Kirilo Hydro station goes online
- 8 July 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Chinese aid / Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue / construction / Da Dai Hydropower Station / Dams / Electricity / electricity generation / electricity production / electricity shortages / Elesai hydropower station / energy / Energy policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Hun Sen / HYDROCHINA Mid-South Engineering Corporation / hydropower / Infrastructure / Keng Kang hydropower station / Kirilo Hydropower station No 1 / Kirilo No 3 Hydropower Station / Kirilo No.3 Hydro-power Station / Koh Kong Province / Pan Guangxue / Pan Xiaojun / Phnom Penh / power station / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Renewable energy production / State Grid of China / State Grid of China representative Pan Xiaojun / Wodai hydropower station
The Kirilo No.3 Hydro-power Station, located in the KOH Kong Province of Cambodia, was recently put into operation. The ribbon cutting ceremony of the Project was held on February 23, 2013 in the power station area. The Project was investigated and designed by HYDROCHINA Mid-South ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YmJiM2Y0ZTAwZWQ
Call for More Investment in Infrastructure
- 5 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Renewable energy production
- airport concessions / Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh / Economic growth / Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia / Electricity / electricity access / energy / ERIA / GDP / Gross Domestic Product / hydropower dams / Infrastructure / Infrastructure development / infrastructure investment / Investment / national power grid / Nik Nasir Majidan / Phnom Penh / power plants / private sector participation / railway rehabilitation / railway rehabilitation project / Royal Government of Cambodia
As much as $16 billion of investment is needed in Cambodia over the next decade if the country’s infrastructure is to keep up with the pace of economic growth, according to a regional think tank. At a seminar in Phnom Penh on Thuesday, Jakarta-based Economic Research ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/call-for-more-investment-in-infrastructure-33737/
International Donors Call for Redesign of Sesan 2 Hydro Dam
- 4 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Energy / European Union aid / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production
- Ame Trandem / Australian aid / Cambodia-Laos border / Cambodian border / construction / Dams / Don Sahong dam / donors / Electricity / energy / Energy policy and administration / environmental impact assessment / EU / European Union aid / Fish / fish migration / fish stock / fisheries / foreign aid / hydropower / hydropower dam / Infrastructure / International Donors / International Rivers / Laos / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Mekong River Commission / Mekong River tributaries / MRC / Renewable Energy / reservoir / Resettlement / Royal Government of Cambodia / sediment flow / Sesan district / Sesan river / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / US / World Bank / Xayaburi dam
International donors, including the U.S., Australia, the European Union and the World Bank, have urged the Cambodian government to redesign a massive hydropower project in Stung Treng province that environmentalists say will deplete fisheries and submit it to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) for consultation. In ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/international-donors-call-for-redesign-of-sesan-2-hydro-dam-33311/
Lao dam unapproved yet under way: NGO
- 27 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 1995 Mekong Agreement / Cambodia National Mekong Committee secretary-general / Cambodian-Lao border / CNMC / conservationists / construction / dam construction / Dams / Don Sahong dam / ecosystem / EIA / Electricity / energy / environmental impact assessment / fish migratory systems / fisheries / Infrastructure / International Rivers / Khone Falls / Laos / Mega First Corporation Bhd / Mekong / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / Mekong river Ecosystem / MFCB / MRC / MRC’s Strategic Environmental Assessment / Pianporn Deetes / Thailand / Xayaburi dam
The construction of Don Sahong Dam, the second of 11 potential and controversial Mekong mainstream dams, is moving ahead without approval from Mekong River Commission members, according to a conservationist group report. Located less than two kilometres from the Cambodian-Lao border, the dam has been slammed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062766515/National/lao-dam-unapproved-yet-under-way-ngo.html
Mekong Dams Could Be a Threat to Cambodia’s Food Security
- 27 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / The poor / Water resources
- aquaculture / construction / Dams / Danish Development Agency / Electricity / energy / Fish / fisheries / fishing yields / food security / hydroelectric dams / hydropower / Hydropower dams / Infrastructure / Inland Fisheries Research and Development / kratie / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / natural resources / Oxfam Australia / Phnom Penh / Sambor / Sambor dam / Stung Treng / Stung Treng dam / Stung Treng Province / WWF
The construction of two hydroelectric dams proposed for the Mekong River would lead to steep declines in the availability of fish-an essential source of protein for Cambodians- potentially threatening food security, according to a new report by the fisheries administration. The study by the administration’s Inland Fisheries ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-could-be-threat-to-cambodias-food-security-32202/
Lao Dams, Mining Ruining Sekong Water Quality in Cambodia
- 26 June 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Generation and distribution facilities / Gold / Hydropower dams / Industrial mining / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Pollution and waste / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S Rivers Protection Network / Artisanal mining / Attapeu / Attapeu Province / Chemicals / dam construction / Dams / drinking water / Electricity / energy / extractive industries / fish stocks / gold / gold dredging / gold mining / hydropower / International Rivers / Investment / Lao government / Laos / Laos’s Ministry of Energy and Mines / lignite / lignite mines / Meach Mean / Mekong river / mercury / mines / mining / mining industry / Ministry of Planning and Investment / Nam Noy River / Phnom Penh / pollution / Sekaman 1 / Sekaman 3 / Sekaman dams / Sekaman river / Sekong provinces / Sekong river / Sekong River Basin / Sesan river / silt / Silver / silver mines / Srepok River / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / tributaries / Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border area / water / water quality / water supply / Xayaburi dam / Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy / Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam / Xekaman / Xesou Rivers
Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the Sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the Sekong’s ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/sekong-06252013190742.html
Facing Chinese Dam, Monks Fight for Temple
Monks residing in Koh Kong’s remote Areng Valley have begun raising funds online to renovate their local temple, despite plans in store for a large Chinese backed hydropower dam that would leave the site completely inundated. The 108-MW hydropower dam, to be built by ...
Kuch Naren and Kene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/facing-chinese-dam-monks-fight-for-temple-31987/
New Coal Plant to Tackle Blackouts
- 18 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Coal / Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Minerals and mineral products / Non-renewable energy production
- ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Blackouts / coal / coal power plant / EdC / EdC planning director Praing Chilasa / Electricite du Cambodge / Electricity / electricity access / electricity imports / electricity shortages / electricity supply / energy / energy imports / energy shortages / energy supply / hydropower / Hydropower dams / Kandal / Kandal Province / Kompong Speu / Kompong Speu Province / Leader Universal Holdings / Peter Brimble / Phnom Penh / Power cuts / power plant / Praing Chilasa / Preah Sihanouk Province / seasonal electicity shortages
National energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) on Monday announced that a 50-MW coal-fired power plant in Preah Sihanouk province is ready to come online this week and will solve Phnom Penh’s chronic blackouts. The statement does not mention which power plant had been completed, ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-coal-plant-to-tackle-blackouts-31220/
Renewable energy course powers up
- 13 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Solar power
- alternative energy / Australian aid / Department of Physics / education / energy / Engineers Without Borders / higher education / hydro-power / Phillip Hamer / physics course / Renewable Energy / Renewable Energy Systems / Royal University of Phnom Penh / RUPP / Solar / World Bank
Instructors at the Royal University of Phnom Penh have just finished the first academic year of a landmark physics course. Launched in the fall of 2012, “Renewable Energy and Applications” aims to train students so they can seek internships and jobs in one of Cambodia’s fastest-growing ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061366236/Business/renewable-energy-course-powers-up.html
Japanese oil study ‘Positive’
- 5 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Extractive Industries / Generation and distribution facilities / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources / Protected areas / Siem Reap
- Block 17 / Cambodian National Petroleum Authority / CNPA / Council of Ministers / Deputy Prime Minister Sok An / Development and Partnership in Action / energy / environmental impacts / environmental pollution / extractive industry / Gas / gas reserves / geological survey / Investment / JAPAN Oil Gas and Metals National Corporation / Japanese aid / Japanese companies / JOGMEC / Mam Sambath / Men Den / metal / oil / oil and gas exploration / oil exploration / oil exploration blocks / oil exploration site / oil extraction / oil investment / Oil Pipelines / oil refineries / onshore 2D seismic acquisition / onshore petroleum / Petroleum / petroleum agreement / petroleum exploration / pipelines / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / refineries / rice fields / Seismic acquisition / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / Sok An
The hunt for oil around northwestern Cambodia has unearthed “positive” results for Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), which intends to continue exploring the area in a project that could last at least six more years, a government spokesman said. JOGMEC’s survey on the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566067/Business/japanese-oil-study-positive.html
Hun Sen Says Water, Power Shortages to Stay
- 5 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production
- ADB / AFD / Agence Francaise de Development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / clean water / construction / Electricity / electricity shortage / energy / foreign aid / Infrastructure / Japan International Cooperation Agency / JICA / Kandal / Kandal Province / loans / Menachey district / Niroth commune / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority / piped water / Population growth / power outages / PPWSA / Prime Minister Hun Sen / property projects / satellite cities / Takhmoa City / urban growth / urbanization / water / water availability / water pipes / water shortage / water supply / Water treatment plant
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the rapid growth of Phnom Penh’s population coupled with the rampant construction of new property projects means that there would always be a shortage of water and electricity in the capital. Speaking to a crowd of thousands who had ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-water-power-shortages-to-stay-29063/
Dam firm violated law
- 5 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Law and judiciary / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Ame Trandem / China Huaneng Group / China’s national auditor / Chinese aid / Chinese law / dam / Dams / Danson Cheong / EIA / Electricity / energy / Environment Impact Assessment / food security / Huaneng / Huangdeng hydropower station / Hydrolancang / Hydrolancang International Energy / hydropower / hydropower dam / International Rivers / Ith Praing / Kith Meng / Laos / Lower Sesan 2 dam / May Titthara / Mekong and 3S Hydropower Dams forum / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Ministry of Industry / Phnom Penh / power projects / reservoir / Royal Group / sesan / Srepok rivers / Stung Treng / Thailand / Xayaburi dam
The parent company behind a firm constructing the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng has repeatedly violated Chinese law by building “massive” power projects without prior approval, China’s national auditor has found. State-owned China Huaneng Group, of which Lower Sesan 2 partner Hydrolancang International Energy ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566083/National/dam-firm-violated-law.html
ADB Says Hydropower Growth Won’t Match Need for Oil, Coal
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Coal / Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Minerals and mineral products / Multilateral development assistance / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources / Renewable energy production
- ADB / Asia's Energy Challenge / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / automobile / biomass / Chinese banks / Chinese companies / coal / coal power / Coal power projects / Dams / domestically produced energy / Donghyun Park / Electrical Engineers of Japan / Electricity / electricity production / energy / energy production / farming / firewood / fossil fuels / Fuel / Gasoline / hydropower / hydropower project / imported electricity / imported fossil fuels / Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan / Ministry of Commerce / non renewable energy / oil / oil imports / Oil production / Oil reserves / Phnom Penh / Population growth / Renewable Energy / Royal Government Cambodia / urbanization
Cambodia’s reliance on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs is set to increase in the coming years, despite the raft of hydropower projects planned by the government, according to new data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Using baseline figures from the Institute ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-says-hydropower-growth-wont-match-need-for-oil-coal-28794/
Try Pheap given OK to harvest yellow vine
- 4 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Pollution and waste / Public land lease / Renewable energy production / Social development
- Agriculture Ministry / ARA / berberine / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cardamom Mountains / Chheng Kim Sun / Chhim Savuth / Chut Wutty / deforestation / drug / economic land concession / ELCs / environmental impact / EU / Europe / European labs / forest clearing / forest destruction / forest ecosystem / Forestry Administration / Forestry Law / hydropower dam / illegal logger / illegal logging / illicit drugs / isoquinoline alkaloid / Land concession / Lo Rasmey / logging / Marcus Hardtke / MDMA / MDS Import Export / MDS Import Export Co / Ministry of Agriculture / mreas prov / Natural Resource Protection Group / pepper / plantation / pollution / Pursat / Ratanakkiri / reservoir-clearing permits / rubber / safrol oil / Southeast Asia / Stung Atay / Stung Atay hydropower dam / Thma Bang / UN Office on Drugs and Crime / Veal Veng / Washington / water contamination / yellow oil / yellow vine / Yellow vine oil
Logging baron Try Pheap’s MDS Import Export Co, Ltd has been granted a licence to collect and process the controversial plant known as yellow vine around the Stung Atay hydropower dam in the Cardamom Mountains, according to documents received by the Post yesterday. The vine has ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060466045/National/try-pheap-given-ok-to-harvest-yellow-vine.html
Mekong Communities Tell of Hardship From Hydropower Dams
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / Brou ethnic minority / Chaing Rai / Chaing Rai province / Chinese dams / Chinese embassy / Chinese Embassy in Thailand / compensation / dam construction / dam development / Dams / ecosystems / EIAs / Electricity / electricity production / energy / environmental impact assessments / environmentalism / evictions / Fish / fisheries / flooding / Hydrolangcang International Energy Company / hydropower / Hydropower dams / hydropower development / indigenous people / International Rivers / involuntary resettlement / Langcang River / Lower Mekong Region / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong Lanna network / Mekong Lanna network coordinator Somsak Tiyata / Mekong region / Mekong river / NGO Forum / Phnom Penh / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Relocation / Reservoirs / Resettlement / Royal Government of Cambodia / Royal Group / Royal Group Cambodia / Royal Group Conglomerate / Royal Group of Companies / Sesan river / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / transparency / tributaries / Veun sai district / Yali Falls dam
About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-communities-tell-of-hardship-from-hydropower-dams-28793/