The Mekong River Committee plans to hold an open forum this month on the development of hydropower dams along the river. NGOs plan to boycott the event.
Tag: hydropower
How better hydropower planning can avert future disasters on the Mekon
Those in power must give stronger voices to marginalised communities and protection to natural flood defenses.
Laos to keep building dams despite negative impacts
Remains keen to export hydropower despite charges its dam building is harming the environment and threatening livelihoods.
Laos’ hydropower ambitions threaten Mekong fishing villages
Developing hydropower is threatening the numerous fishing villages that line the Mekong River, which are seeing fish stocks dwindle as new dams spring up.
Dams and sand mining threaten integrity of lower Mekong
As investment in hydropower and construction projects ramp up, ecosystems and communities along Southeast Asia’s longest river are paying the price.
Structural Injustice, Slow Violence? The Political Ecology of a “Best Practice” Hydropower Dam in Lao PDR
Lao hydraulic infrastructure frequently induces systemic, path-dependent and disruptive socio-ecological transformations.
No more dams, float solar panels instead: experts
After studying alternatives to mitigate the impacts of pending dam projects in Laos and Cambodia, experts say, just say NO.
Dam breach in Laos is a man-made disaster
The Korean owned PNPC dam company knew the partially built saddle dam was at risk to intense weather patterns during the monsoon season.