Lao dam unapproved yet under way: NGO

27 June 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agriculture and fishing / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
1995 Mekong Agreement / Cambodia National Mekong Committee secretary-general / Cambodian-Lao border / CNMC / conservationists / construction / dam construction / Dams / Don Sahong dam / ecosystem / EIA / Electricity / energy / environmental impact assessment / fish migratory systems / fisheries / Infrastructure / International Rivers / Khone Falls / Laos / Mega First Corporation Bhd / Mekong / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / Mekong river Ecosystem / MFCB / MRC / MRC’s Strategic Environmental Assessment / Pianporn Deetes / Thailand / Xayaburi dam

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 for its likely impact on Cambodian fisheries – as well as those of Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. …

Te Navuth, secretary-general of the Cambodia National Mekong Committee, said they have yet to be notified of any preliminary construction of the Don Sahong Dam.

“They should send a request to the four member countries [of the MRC],” Navuth said.

Under the 1995 Mekong Agreement, in order to proceed with the construction of such a dam, all member countries must be consulted. …

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062766515/National/lao-dam-unapproved-yet-under-way-ngo.html

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