WWF petitions to halt Don Sahong dam

26 May 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Government / Land / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
Don Sahong dam / Mega First Berhad / World Wildlife Fund / WWF

World Wildlife Fund is taking to the internet to halt a hydropower project it claims will serve as the nail in the coffin for the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin. On Friday, WWF launched an online petition calling on the developers of Laos’s 120 megawatt Don Sahong dam to suspend the project, which is slated to break ground by the end of this year. …

 Laignee Barron
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