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3S Living River Edition 4
News from the Sesan, Srepok and Sekong Rivers in Cambodia Notes from the editor: Dear friends, welcome to the fourth edition of ‘Living Rivers’, our new quarterly newsletter which we hope you will enjoy reading. The Sesan, Srepok and Sekong … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Cambodia, community voices, conservation, flora and fauna, health, hydropower, The Sesan River, Tributary of The Mekong, Vietnam
Tagged 3S Rivers Protection Network, 3SPN, Brov, Jarai, Kachok, Kavet, Kreung, Kreung Lon, Lao, Living Rivers Volume 4, Tampoun, The Sekong River, The Srepok River
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Cambodian Women Speak Up on Dam’s Threat
By Amy Lieberman for WeNews In Cambodia’s rural northeastern province, the Sesan River is the primary source of food and income for fishing and farming communities. But hydropower dams are encroaching and village women say their daily life is hit … Continue reading
Electricity for Vietnam
By Adam Miller and Phak Seangly for The Phnom Penh Post An official from the Ministry of Environment admitted yesterday that electricity generated from the controversial Lower Sesan 2 Dam, a project touted as ensuring cheaper energy prices in Cambodia, … Continue reading
Flood of hydrodam fears
In Ratanakkiri province with May Titthara and Adam Miller for The Phnom Penh Post Hundreds of villagers from communities along the Sesan river met in Ratanakkiri’s Veun Sai district yesterday to protest against the planned US$700 million Lower Sesan II … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Cambodia, community voices, finance, flora and fauna, hydropower, The Sesan River, Tributary of The Mekong, Vietnam
Tagged 3S Rivers Protection Network, Chhith Sam Ath, EVNI Joint Stock Company of Vietnam, Kratie, Mondulkiri, Ratanakkiri, stung treng, The Lower Sesan II dam, The Royal Group, The Yali Falls dam
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Sesan dam to proceed this year
By Tom Brennan and Sen David for The Phnom Penh Post CAMBODIA’S Royal Group announced yesterday that it would proceed with its Vietnamese partner on a US$700 million hydroelectric plant along the Lower Sesan River, with construction due to start … Continue reading
30% Of Ratanakiri Is Contracted To Foreign Companies For Mineral Exploration
This extract is translated from Khmer press into English… The Mirror, Vol. 14, No. 678 “The rich natural resources in Cambodia, especially gold, gems, and diamonds, attract the attention from foreign investors to invest in mining in Cambodia, and the … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, community voices, health, Laos, mining, pollution, The Sesan River, Tributary of The Mekong, Vietnam
Tagged diamonds, exploitation, exploration, gold, gold mining, indigenous peoples, Krueng, minerals, Ministry of Industry, national resources, Pang Island, The Sekong River, Veun Sai district
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Ministry told to monitor environment at hydropower plants
Vietnam Business News The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has just been urged by the Government to monitor environmental impact at hydropower projects that are under construction nationwide, said Deputy Minister Nguyen Thai Lai. Lai said last week that … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, conservation, flooding, hydropower, Tributary of The Mekong, Vietnam
Tagged central highlands, central vietnam, dams and reservoirs, environmental impact assessments, hydropower plants, hydropower projects, Ministry of Industry and Trade, natural resources and environment, water sources
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Daming the future of villages on the banks of the Sesan river
David Boyle for The Phnom Penh Post AT about six o’clock in the evening on Monday 28, September 2009, Ru Chom watched helplessly as a wall of water surged through her riverside village, uprooting her house and washing away livestock, … Continue reading
Villagers write to Hun Sen over dam
By DAVID BOYLE AND PHAK SEANGLY for The Phnom Penh Post REPRESENTATIVES of 74 indigenous minority villages in Ratanakkiri province have prepared a letter calling on Prime Minister Hun Sen to halt construction of a dam that they say will … Continue reading
Closed dams a headache for fishermen
CAMERON WELLS AND THA PISETH for The Phnom Penh Post River conservation advocates said Wednesday that the closing of dams in Vietnam had caused the Sesan River in northeast Cambodia to become so dry that it was occasionally possible to … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, health, hydropower, Tributary of The Mekong
Tagged 3SPN, hydropower dams, river conservation, water levels, water shortage, yali
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