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Mekong Countries at Odds Over Mega-Dams
Originally published in the Fair Observer. Governments are struggling to decide whether the Mekong River should continue to feed 60...
Xayaburi Dam: How Laos Violated the 1995 Mekong Agreement
The 1995 Mekong Agreement is the framework that Southeast Asian governments use to decide whether the build dams on the...
Xe Pian–Xe Namnoy Affected People Want Consultation Before Construction
Last week, I was invited to stay with ethnic Nya Heun families in a consolidated resettlement zone in the Paksong...
Theun-Hinboun Opening Celebrations Obscure Village Concerns
Downstream Village Scheduled To MoveTania Lee Travelling along the Hinboun, Hai and Theun rivers in central Laos last month, I...
Xayaburi Dam: How Laos Violated the 1995 Mekong Agreement
On November 7, 2012, Laos officially began construction on the controversial Xayaburi Hydropower Project, the first mainstream dam proposed for the...
Lao Dam Commences Operation Amidst Controversy
Thousands of Villagers Living in Hinboun Valley Face an Uncertain Future Vientiane, Laos: The Theun-Hinboun Power Company commenced operation of...
Citizen Science Supports a Healthy Mekong
From December 2012 World Rivers Review Mapping the Mekong: In 2011, villagers mapped fishing grouds, river-bank farmland, river morphology and...
Communities Downstream from Nam Theun 2 Still Need Support
November 30th, 2012 Ingo Wiederhofer, Senior Operations Officer Sustainable Development Dept., East Asia & Pacific Region World Bank Lao PDR...
Mexican Dam-Affected Communities Have Their Day in Court
An offering of food at the opening of events in TemacaPhoto by Claudia Campero An offering of Oaxacan blue corn...
Thai Communities Protest Xayaburi Dam at the Asia-Europe Summit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 November 2012 Nong Khai, Thailand – As world leaders gathered in Vientiane, Lao PDR for the...