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​ប្រទេស​ឡាវ​បាន​ចាប់ផ្តើម​ការពិគ្រោះ​យោបល់​ជា​ផ្លូវការ​លើ​គម្រោង​ទំនប់​វា​រី​អគ្គិសនី​ប៉ាក់​ឡាយ​នៅ​ខេត្ត​សា​យ៉ា​បូ​រី​ភាគ​ខាងជើង​ដោយសារ​មានការ​ព្រួយបារម្ភ​អំពី​បរិស្ថាន​ ដែល​វា​នឹង​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​ទន្លេមេគង្គ​កម្ពុជា​។​ ...

​អ្នក​ការពារ​បរិស្ថាន​ បាន​សម្តែង​ការ​ខកចិត្ត​លើ​លទ្ធផល​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​កំពូល​នៃ​គណៈកម្មការ​ទន្លេមេគង្គ​ (MRC)​ លើក​ទី​ពីរ​ ដែល​បាន​បញ្ចប់​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​នេះ​។​ ​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ អង្គការ​ទន្លេ​អន្តរជាតិ​ ដែល​ជា​អង្គការ​បរិស្ថាន​និង​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ បាន​ចេញផ្សាយ​សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍​រិះគន់​លើ​ភាព ...

​អ្នកជំនាញ​កម្ពុជា​បាន​សំដែង​ក្តី​បារម្ភ​លើ​គំរោង​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ន៏​ទំនប់​វា​រី​អគ្គិសនី​ ដន​ សា​ហុង​ ដោយ​លើក​ឡើង​ថា​ទំនប់​វា​រី​អគ្គិសនី​នេះនិង​បង្ក​អោយ​មានការ​គំរាមកំហែង​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​ ទៅ​កាន់​អត្ថិភាព​នៃ​ជីវចម្រុះ​នៅ​ទន្លេមេគង្គ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។​ ​ ...

Laos has notified the Mekong River Commission (MRC) that it will go ahead with the construction of the Don Sahong Dam, which environmentalists say could threaten the ecosystem of the Lower Mainstream Mekong and have a severe impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ...

Advocacy groups, environmentalists and policy-makers have wrapped up five days of events surrounding Mekong River issues in Washington. “Mekong Days,” a series of talks, films and other forums that ended Tuesday, highlighted issues in the region, where some 60 million people live. The Mekong River, a major ...

The 16th Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has brought thousands of delegates from over 150 countries to Bangkok to discuss cross-border cooperation, sustainable use of biodiversity and transnational endangered species issues. Construction has already begun on the ...

Lao officials and executives of a Thai construction company conducted a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday in Xayaburi to inaugurate the first dam to be built on the lower mainstream Mekong, putting to one side concerns that the dam could devastate fisheries in Cambodia and Vietnam. Prior to ...

Laos held a “groundbreaking” ceremony on Wednesday for a $3.5 billion hydropower dam on the Mekong River that is opposed by environmentalists and some neighbouring countries because of the possible impact on livelihoods, fisheries and agriculture. But it was unclear when actual construction of the contentious ...

The US yesterday criticised Laos for announcing it will begin building the 1,285-megawatt Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River today without studying its potential effects on Cambodia and Vietnam. A spokesperson from the US State Department in Washington said the government was concerned construction of the ...

Laos has given the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists. A formal ceremony marking the start of full construction at Xayaburi would be held on Wednesday, the government said. ...

The Finnish government will investigate multinational consulting and engineering firm Pöyry over its involvement in Laos’s Xayaburi dam project, a letter obtained by the Post yesterday reveals. According to the letter from Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy, dated October 16, a complaint filed by ...

The inking of a €300 million contract for water turbines, and job advertisements marked “urgent” appear to be the latest signs that Laos is powering forward with the Xayaburi hydroelectric dam project on the Mekong River. Assurances the $3.8 billion project was on hold pending further ...

Scientists and international experts fine-tuning the design of the Xayaboury dam have unveiled a scale model of the planned run-of-river structure to ensure the most efficient level of sediment flushing. The 1:120 scale model simulates actual hydrologic flows and water velocities in the Mekong River at ...

Cambodia has been asked to send a delegation to the site of the proposed Xayaburi hydro-electric dam in northern Laos, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor said yesterday. Kean Hor, who is also chairman of Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee, said the equivalent body ...

In Laos, the construction of controversial hydroelectric dam in Xayaburi province is under way, despite disagreement from its neighbors, Cambodia and Vietnam. The Xayaburi dam project started when the Laotian government and Thailand’s giant construction company, Ch Karnchang Pcl, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in ...

Fishermen bring their boats to shore, pack away their traps and hand over the day’s catch to their awaiting families on the banks of the Mekong River in Kratie province’s Chitra Borei district. “When my husband arrives home each day, we eat some of what he ...

Villagers belonging to a Thai activist group filed a complaint to Thailand’s Administrative Court yesterday for the cancellation of an agreement form the country’s Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to buy power from a controversial mainstream Mekong dam in Laos, an NGO representative said yesterday. “According ...

For the past several days, Boonma and seven other Houay Souy villagers have travelled back to their homes near the Xayaburi Dam building site on the Lao side of the Mekong River. Since the beginning of the year they have been relocated to a new ...

The Thai company set to build Laos’s Xayaburi hydropower dam will not begin construction until a study determines the dam’s environmental effects on the Mekong River, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday. Yingluck reaffirmed her commitment to the study, which Mekong River Commission countries ...

Cambodia has urged Laos to halt construction of the controversial Xayaburi hydro dam project in the country’s north, a letter obtained by the Post yesterday reveals. “Preliminary construction on Xayaburi dam has continued despite the lack of regional agreement,” Minister of Water Resources and Cambodia National Mekong Committeechairman Lim ...

Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion (Bt115 billion) Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design of the dam to placate neighbouring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam recently to ease ...