Students raise concerns over Mekong dam

28 November 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Siem Reap / Water resources
Agriculture & Agri-business / Cambodia Youth Network / dam / energy / environmentalism / fisheries / hydroelectricity / hydropower / Laos / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / Ministry of Environment / natural resources / Thailand / Xayaburi dam

Hundreds of students attending a forum yesterday on plans of regional governments to develop hydropower dams on the Mekong River expressed concern over the river’s future, and they urged the governments to abandon the projects or proceed with caution. The forum in Phnom Penh was the first among several campaign events that have been scheduled ahead of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) meeting in Siem Reap on December 7 to 9, when Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam will decide whether or not to support Laos’ 1,260-megawatt Xayaburi project, which would be the first Mekong dam…