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Tonle Sap Lake fisheries a concern for dam project

20 March 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Agriculture and fishing / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Hydropower dams / Land / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
3S Rivers Protection Network / Don Sahong dam / Don Sahong Hydropower Project / Eric Baran / Khone Falls / Laos / Tonle Sap lake / World Fish Centre’s Greater Mekong Office

Already under attack by overfishing, pollution and deforestation, Tonle Sap Lake fisheries face an even bigger threat in the form of hydropower dams, according to experts. Laos’ planned Don Sahong Hydropower Project in particular has environmentalists fearing an emptier, less bio-diverse lake, and a nation pitched ...

 Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-lake-fisheries-concern-dam-project

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