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Chinese dams under US scrutiny in Mekong rivalry

16 December 2020
VOA Khmer
Electricity production / Hydropower dams
Chinese dams / Mekong Dam Monitor / Mekong river

A U.S.-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong River was announced Monday, adding to the superpowers’ rivalry in Southeast Asia. ...

 Reuters
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/5698640.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/

Upstream Dams, Downstream Trouble

12 March 2013
HydroWorld.com
Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Protected areas / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Africa / Bangladesh / Brahmaputra / Brahmaputra River / Cambodia / Chinese aid / Chinese dams / Dams / Egypt / Ethiopia / hydroelectric dams / hydropower / Hydropower dams / Indian aid / Lao border / Laos / Mekong mainstream dams / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / Middle East / Rajnath Singh / Stanford University / Sudan / Tibet / Tonle Sap / Tonle Sap Fisheries / Tonle Sap lake / Tonle Sap river / Yarlung Tsangpo River

As examples, Laos broke ground on a new Mekong River dam that’s causing concern bordering on fury in Cambodia and Vietnam. India is enraged about a new Chinese dam going up on the Brahmaputra River. And Ethiopia’s new dam on the Nile is angering Sudan, ...

http://www.hydroworld.com/news/2013/03/12/upstream-dams-downstream-trouble.html

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