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Cambodia's mangroves under threat

5 December 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources
Bang Kachang forests / Climate Change / dam construction / eco-resort / environment department / environmental pressures / Indochina / International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) / IUCN / Kampot / Kampot Province / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / mangrove forest / Mangroves / Mekong Delta / Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary / sea grass / sea levels / Senator Ly Yong Phat / South China Sea / Southeast Asia / Tatai river

Cambodia’s vital southern mangrove systems are choking as rising sea levels, agitated by climate change, inundate them with sand, while sand dredging sucks them dry of sediment, a study by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has found. Stressed by a host of ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012120560112/National-news/mangroves-threatened.html

Laos aims to build Mekong dam this year, testing neighbours

11 September 2011
The Nation
Energy / Environment and natural resources / Social development / The poor
Abhisit Government / Ame Trandem / Bali / Burma / Cambodia / Ch Karnchang Pic / Chinese aid / construction / dam / director-general / Electricite du Laos / Electricity Generating Plc / energy / environmental groups / executive vice president / Fishing / Hanoi / Hillary Clinton / hydropower / International Rivers / Laos / Mekong Delta / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / Ministry of Energy and Mines’ Department of Electricity / Poyry / Poyry Energy AG / PTT Plc / rice growers / rice production / sea levels / Southeast Asia program director / Southern Vietnam / Supamas Trivisvavet / Thai Stock Exchange / Thai-financed / Thailand / Tonle Sap lake / US Secretary of State / Viraphonh Viravong / Xayaburi

Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion (Bt115 billion) Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design of the dam to placate neighbouring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam recently to ease ...

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Laos-aims-to-build-Mekong-dam-this-year-testing-ne-30164984.html

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