Halt building of dams on Lower Mekong: NGOs
More than 140 NGOs have called on the Mekong River Commission to freeze all hydropower damn construction in the Lower Mekong River.
“The degration of fish production in the river can’t be replaced and the blockage of sediment will affect the fisheries resources in the river’s flood plain areas and the Great Lake of Cambodia,” notes the open letter, released late last month and signed by 149 international and local groups including Adhoc, the 3S Rivers Protection Network, and the Fisheries Action Coalition Team. …
An estimated 80 per cent of the 60 million people living in the Lower Mekong River rely on it as a source of livelihood and food. …
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