Forum Calls on Governments to Halt Laos, Stung Treng Dams
Participants at the Asean Peoples’ Forum have called on regional leaders to halt plans to construct two controversial hydropower dams in Laos and Cambodia because of the large number of people who will be affected and the lack of public consultation. The forum in Phnom Penh, which ended on Saturday and was attended by 1,200 delegates from the 10 Asean countries, called on Asean leaders to “cancel” the planned mainstream Xayaburi dam in Laos and to delay the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district. …
