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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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