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Concerns Rise with Planned Lao Dam on Mekong
PHNOM PENH, Mar 28 (IPS Asia-Pacific) – The Lao government’s decision earlier this year to press ahead with plans to...
GMS Summit to Hear Burmese PM’s Views on Environment Management
Article from The Irrawaddy Online Leaders of the six nations of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) gather for an Asian...
New rush to dam Mekong alarms environmentalists
AFP [27.3.08] The Mekong River in southern Vietnam, the world’s 12th largest waterway crossing six countries, may soon be tamed...
MRC's crisis of legitimacy and relevancy challenges new CEO: Regional Groups
Today, 51 citizens groups and individuals from the six Mekong countries sent a letter to Jeremy Bird, the newly appointed...
Dam Proposal Raises Displacement Concerns
Article from The Cambodia Daily Concerns have been raised over a hydropower dam planned for Stung Treng province by...
Chinese dams threaten Cambodia's forests, farmers
CHAY ARENG RIVER, Cambodia (Reuters) – Along the Chay Areng valley in Cambodia’s remote Cardamom mountains, children still scamper barefoot...
Kampot Tourism Takes Hit Amid Construction
Article from The Cambodia Daily Tourism around Toek Chhou waterfall and rapids in Kampot province’s BokorNational Park has taken a...
Bowing to Regional Hydropower Demands
PHNOM PENH, Mar 21 (IPS) – For the Cambodian government, hydropower development represents great economic opportunities. But for non-government organisations...
Hydropower On the Nu: One River, Many Perspectives
A cascade of proposed hydroelectric projects on one of Asia's longest undammed rivers has caused great controversy in southwest China....
Thailand renews plans to build controversial Myanmar dam
Thailand has decided to proceed with the construction of a hydropower dam in north-east Myanmar despite from environmentalists, media reports...