Mekong locals seek a voice on Don Sahong

16 November 2015
Khmer Times
Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental impact assessments
Cambodian Rural Development Team (CRDT) / Or Channy

More than 6,400 residents of Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia have signed and thumb-printed a statement on the Don Sahong Dam project, airing concerns ranging from the river’s diminishing fish stocks to the lack of transparency of the Mekong River Commission. The statement, presented last week at the Mekong People’s Forum in An Giang, Vietnam, asserted that the inhabitants of the Mekong River region have neither been properly educated nor consulted about the dam’s potential effects, and urgently called for the Mekong regional governments to provide forums for their concerns to be addressed. Construction of the dam, which lies just north of the Cambodian border, began earlier this month. …

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