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Work underway on 'catastrophic' Cambodian dam
- 10 May 2013
- DW
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Srekor village has stood on the banks of the Se San River in northeastern Cambodia for generations. In a few years it will be gone, submerged along with more than 300 square kilometres of surrounding farmland and forest. For 37-year-old rice farmer Pa Tou, the ...
http://www.dw.de/work-underway-on-catastrophic-cambodian-dam/a-16803423
Sesan Dam Decision Questioned
- 14 November 2012
- Radio Free Asia
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Cambodia has decided to go ahead with the construction of a dam on a Mekong tributary, but conservation groups are concerned that not enough study has been done on the hydropower project’s environmental consequences. Construction on the 400 megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam in northwestern Cambodia’s ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/sesan-11142012170421.html
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