Cambodians oppose building of Don Sahong Dam in Laos

11 September 2014
Global Post
Civil society / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environmental impact assessments / Government / Hydropower dams / International relations / Renewable energy production / Social development
Chhith Sam Ath / Community Fishery Network / Don Sahong hydropower / environmental impact assessment / Laos / Lower Mekong Basin / Mega First / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / NGO Forum on Cambodia / River Coalition in Cambodia / Tonle Sap / World Wide Fund for Nature

Cambodians staged a protest Thursday to share the concerns of more than a quarter of a million people who are calling on Laos to suspend construction of the Don Sahong hydropower project on the Mekong River.

At the protest Chhith Sam Ath, country director of the World Wide Fund for Nature, said Don Sahong Dam, a 260-megawatt hydropower project, could bring about the demise of important fisheries and critically endangered Mekong dolphins. …

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