Six Planned Dams Could Be ‘Disaster’ for Northeast Region

31 August 2012
The Cambodia Daily
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
3S Rivers Protection Network / dam construction projects / Dams / fisheries / hydro-power dam / International Rivers / north-eastern Cambodia / Sekong river / Sesan river / Srepok River / tributary rivers

The hydro-power dams planned for three tributary rivers in north-eastern Cambodia will have unforeseeable social and environmental consequences for the regional and its people, according to a report released yesterday. Authored by International Rivers and 3S Rivers Protection Network, the report focuses on six hydro-power dams planned for the Sesan, Sekong and Srepok rivers in Stung Treng and Ratanakkiri provinces. The report asserts that there is a lack of information regarding the long-term effects on the six dams, which environmentalists believe will have irreversible consequences for fisheries and the livelihoods of millions living on the three rivers. …