No benefits will materialize. Approval was based on a 15-year-old Environmental Impact Assessment, and the situation had changed.
Category: Analysis
Deft Diplomacy Required as China, Japan Court Myanmar
Understanding the value of Myanmar’s strategic location in Southeast Asia, China and Japan are accelerating efforts to further their own grand plans.
The Trouble With the Lancang Mekong Cooperation Forum
The LMC was born from China’s unilateral dam building, but that same fact may also undermine the forum in the end.
Operation Mekong / Southeast Asia’s place in China’s new world order
Around the globe, Beijing is in the process of securing raw materials, opening up trade corridors and new markets In no .other region, however, has China’s influence advanced as far as in the Mekong states.
Myanmar law aims to settle land claims, but could cause conflict
The amended law “shows no concerns to the rights of indigenous people or human rights norms and discourages peace building.”
Opium Farmers in Myanmar: The Lives of Producers of Prohibited Plants
To address problems related to opium cultivation, substantial socio-economic development is required to provide meaningful alternatives for farmers.
Sino-Japanese cooperation thrown off track over Thai rail project
Fearing losses, private contractors unwilling to follow Tokyo’s lead
The last 92 Irrawaddy dolphins in Mekong River may not survive
Experts are concerned that the Mekong dolphin is unlikely to survive Cambodia’s modernisation as a new dam is planned.
Mekong’s Damming Trend
More research concluding that the negative social and environmental consequences greatly outweigh the purported benefits.
Is Laos facing a dam disaster?
As a major investor and primary purchaser of Lao electricity, Thailand could see US$81 billion in profits by 2040.