Deforestation for Sesan River dam project ceases, for now

27 January 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Energy / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
deforestation / environmentalism / EVN / Forest / Forests / lakes / land clearing / Lower Sesan 2 dam / natural resources / rivers / Sesan district / Stung Treng / Vietnam Electricity

Workers who were seen last week clearing forestland in Stung Treng province in preparation for the construction of the 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam have stopped their work after receiving an order to do so by the district governor, officials said yesterday. Sesan district governor Bou Keo Sovann said that he ordered district police on Tuesday to stop workers of Vietnam Electricity (EVN) from clearing land in his district…