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គណៈកម្មការ​ទន្លេ​មេគង្គ(MRC)​ដែល​មាន​ប្រទេស​៤​ជា​សមាជិក​នៅ​សប្តាហ៍​នេះ នឹង​ធ្វើ​ការ​ពិគ្រោះ​យោបល់​ជា​សាធារណៈ​ស្តី​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ទំនប់​វារី​អគ្គិសនី​ដ៏​ធំ​មួយ​នៅ​ក្នុង​តំបន់​ខាង​ត្បូង​នៃ​ប្រទេស​ឡាវ។ ​គម្រោង​នោះ ​ជាទំនប់​ទឹកដែល​បាន​គ្រោង​ឡើង​មួយ​នៃ​ទំនប់ ...

ការ​សាង​សង់​ទំនប់​វារី​អគ្គិសនី​សាយ៉ាប៊ូរី នៅ​លើ​ទន្លេ​មេគង្គ ក្នុង ប្រទេស​ឡាវ បាន​ដំណើរ​ការ​ជិត​បាន​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​ហើយ បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​ក្រុម​អភិរក្ស​បរិស្ថាន​នានា​បាន​រិះគន់​យ៉ាង​ខ្លាំង​ក្តី។ នេះ​បើ​តាម​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ទំនប់​នេះ។​ ...

នៅ​ចំ​ពេល​មាន​បណ្តឹង​និង​ការ​រួម​គ្នា​រវាង​ក្រុម​អ្នក​ប្រឆាំង ខាង​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​គម្រោង​ទំនប់​វារី​អគ្គិសនី សាយ៉ាប៊ូរី បាន​ដាក់​ចេញ​នូវ​ផែនការ​រចនា​ប្លង់​ឡើង​វិញ លើ​គម្រោង​ដែល​មាន​តម្លៃ​រាប់​ពាន់​លាន​ដុល្លារ ខណៈ​ក្រុម​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ចង់​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​រៀបចំ​ឡើង ...

នៅ​មុន​ពេល​ដែល​លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ទៅ​ចូលរួម​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​កំពូល​គណៈកម្មការ​ទន្លេមេគង្គ​សង្គម​ស៊ី​វិល​គ្រោង​នឹង​ដាក់​លិខិត​និង​ស្នាម​មេដៃ​ជាង​ ៤០០​ របស់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ ដែល​នឹង​រង​ការ​ប៉ះពាល់​ផ្ទាល់​ពី​គម្រោង​ទំនប់​វា​រី​អគ្គិសនី​ ដ​ន​សា​ហុង​ ទៅ​ខុទ្ទកាល័យ​លោក ...

Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand have all called on Laos to submit its planned Don Sahong hydropower dam to an intergovernmental assessment. According to the dam’s opponents, the Laos National Mekong Committee has acted unilaterally in the planning of its second Mekong dam, a project they fear ...

The World Wildlife Fund, one of the biggest conservation groups, has called for an emergency meeting with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in the wake of Laos’ decision to proceed with a second dam on the river. There are fears that this move will seriously undermine ...

International donors, including the U.S., Australia, the European Union and the World Bank, have urged the Cambo­dian government to redesign a massive hydropower project in Stung Treng province that environmentalists say will deplete fisheries and submit it to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) for consultation. In ...

The construction of Don Sahong Dam, the second of 11 potential and controversial Mekong mainstream dams, is moving ahead without approval from Mekong River Commission members, according to a conservationist group report. Located less than two kilometres from the Cambodian-Lao border, the dam has been slammed ...

Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the Sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the Sekong’s ...

The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...

The parent company behind a firm constructing the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng has repeatedly violated Chinese law by building “massive” power projects without prior approval, China’s national auditor has found. State-owned China Huaneng Group, of which Lower Sesan 2 partner Hydrolancang International Energy ...

BANGKOK: Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday. Forests are being cleared for commodities such as rubber and rice while illegal logging is decimating ...

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 ...

An updated documentary, “Where Have All the Fish Gone?,” examines the impacts of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong River. The Xayaburi dam, which would produce hydropower for market, has become a divisive issue among Mekong River countries. Critics say it could severely damage ecosystems on which ...

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 ...

Vietnam urged Laos to halt construction of a $3.5 billion hydropower dam pending further study, environmental activists said on Friday after a meeting of the Mekong River Commission. The activists said Cambodia, also downriver from the Xayaburi dam, accused Laos during heated discussions on Wednesday and ...

Laos yesterday defended its decision to begin building the Xayaburi dam amid criticism from Cambodia on a lively final day of the Mekong River Commission’s annual council meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos. According to separate sources who attended, Cambodia spoke out against Laos for “misinterpreting” the ...

Regional conservationists criticised the Mekong River Commission (MRC) yesterday for leaving the controversial Xayaburi Dam off its agenda at this week’s annual ministerial meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos. Laotian authorities said they would confirm their decision to go ahead with the hydropower project in the mainstream ...

When ministers from the four member countries of the Mekong River Commission and donors meet in Luang Prabang, Laos this week, the future role of the agency will be on the table. Questions about the effectiveness of the Mekong River Commission, set up in 1995 to ...

A coalition of NGOs has called on Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee (CNMC) to push for the Xayaburi dam to be added to the agenda of a regional Mekong River meeting next week. Chhith Sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum on Cambodia, said it was disappointing ...

From a devilish-looking bat to a frog that sings like a bird, scientists have identified 126 new species in the Greater Mekong area, the WWF said Tuesday in a new report detailing discoveries in 2011. But from forest loss to the construction of major hydropower projects ...

Four workers have gone missing after the collapse of an in-progress hydropower dam in Western Cambodia, apparently due to a leak in the structure. The Associated Press reports that the Saturday collapse occurred at the Stung Atay Hydroelectric Project, a $255-million dollar dam on the Atay ...

The planned construction of hydropowered dams on the Mekong River in South-East Asia could jeopardise livelihoods, water access and food security for 60 million people, across Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, according to a study. The study reports that dams will block fish migration routes and ...