Despite dolphin-saving plan, dam threat remains

28 April 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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A little more than two years after signing off on a scheme aimed at improving protection of the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, experts said last week they were concerned that Mekong dams would see wholesale destruction of the population. During a two-day workshop that closed on Thursday, officials from a range of government agencies, environmental groups and academic institutions discussed progress since the March 2012 signing of the Kratie declaration, according to a WWF statement released yesterday. …

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