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Mekong Communities Tell of Hardship From Hydropower Dams
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...
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Ratanakkiri Hydropower Dams Deemed Economically Viable
- 9 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S River Protection Network / Andong Meas / Andong Meas district / Chinese aid / Chum Ngil / Dams / Department of Industry Mines Energy / District Governor Chum Ngil / EIA / Geographic Survey and Environmental Impact Assessment / Hem Vanthorn / Huadian Hong Kong Co. Ltd / hydroelectricity / Hydropower dams / Hydropower Dams Feasibility Studies / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Lower Sesan 3 Dam / Meach Mean / MIME / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Provincial Director Hem Vanthorn / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Replacement Compensation Schemes / Sinohydro Group / Social and Environmental Implications of Dams / Srepok 3 Dam / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Veun Sai / Veun sai district
Two massive hydropower dams planned for the Mekong’s tributaries in Ratanakkiri province have been deemed economically viable by two feasibility studies conducted by a pair of giant Chinese conglomerates, a provincial industry, mines and energy official said yesterday. Despite the feasibility studies having been completed, ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ratanakkiri-hydropower-dams-deemed-economically-viable-23116/
Local Police Try to Shut Down Land Meeting
- 26 July 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
- Land
- Adhoc / Chea Sok / community meeting / district authorities / educated / Land rights / Local Police / Pen Bonnar / permission / Phnom Kuk commune / Ratanakkiri Province / rights workers / Veun sai district / villagers / villagers meeting
Local police in Ratanakkiri province’s Veun Sai district yesterday tried to shut down a community meeting in which villagers were being educated about land rights, because it was being held without permission, rights workers said. According to Pen Bonnar, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, two ...
Volunteering to Tackle the Intractable Issue of Land
- 7 July 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease
- baseball caps / boundary / camouflage / Farmers / foreign company / Government / Indian aid / infants / land / land eviction / land loss / land protected / men / military boots / Ministry of Land Management / motorcycles / pagoda / Pong commune / Ratanakkiri / registering land / registrations / Residents / SK Group / social issue / solution / students / temporary ownership titles / uniforms / Veun sai district / volunteers / women
Veun sai district, Ratanakkiri – Kitted out in their camouflage uniforms, military boots, belts and Ministry of Land Management baseball caps, the dozen or so student volunteers looked like a stern bunch. There was no smiling as they sat at wooden desks in an open pagoda ...
