Intervention urged for dam

3 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Energy / Energy policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Hydropower dams / International relations / Land / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Conservation International / Don Sahong dam / Don Sahong Hydropower Project / Ho Chi Minh City / Hun Sen / Laos / Lower Mekong Basin / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / NGO Forum / Tek Vannara / Thailand / Xayaburi dam

In anticipation of a regional summit this weekend, government officials and civil society have their sights locked on a controversial hydropower development just across the Cambodian border in Laos. NGO Forum submitted an open letter yesterday urging Prime Minister Hun Sen to confront Laos about its Don Sahong hydropower project, which environmentalists have described as a potential disaster for the Mekong’s biodiversity and the food security the river provides to millions. …

 Laignee Barron and Phak Seangly
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