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Work underway on 'catastrophic' Cambodian dam
- 10 May 2013
- DW
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Srekor village has stood on the banks of the Se San River in northeastern Cambodia for generations. In a few years it will be gone, submerged along with more than 300 square kilometres of surrounding farmland and forest. For 37-year-old rice farmer Pa Tou, the ...
http://www.dw.de/work-underway-on-catastrophic-cambodian-dam/a-16803423
World's largest freshwater fish threatened
- 13 March 2013
- Bangkok Post
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- 16th Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species / Bangkok / Cambodia / Chinese aid / CITES / Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species / Dams / Endangered wildlife / fisheries production / freshwater fish / giant catfish / hydroelectric dams / Hydropower dams / Laos / Lower Mekong River / mainstream dams / mainstream hydroelectric dams / mainstream hydropowor dams / Mekong fish / Mekong giant catfish / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Mekong's fisheries / migratory fish / Myanmar / Thailand / Xayaburi / Xayaburi dam
The 16th Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has brought thousands of delegates from over 150 countries to Bangkok to discuss cross-border cooperation, sustainable use of biodiversity and transnational endangered species issues. Construction has already begun on the ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/340170/mekong-dams-threaten-world-largest-freshwater-fish
