The prospect of damming the Mekong has evoked widespread concern amongst potentially affected riverside communities, civil society groups, academics, journalists, businesses, and the general public within the Mekong region and internationally. As the Mekong River sustains both rural and urban populations and is intimately linked to local cultures and traditions, damming it will undermine the region’s prospects for sustainable development.
Reports, Briefings and Websites
- International Conference on “Mekong Mainstream Dams: People’s Voices across Borders. 12-13 November 2008 Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- “Statement: Questioning the MRC’s “Sustainable hydropower development” The Thai People’s Network for Mekong (TPNM) and The Rivers Coalition in Cambodia (RCC), 24 September 2008
- MRC’s looming crisis of legitimacy and relevancy challenges new CEO TERRA Press Release 27 March 2008
- Requests from Mekong civil society to the new MRC CEO – Regional Letter 27 March 2008 and response from MRC CEO, Jeremy Bird, 11 April 2008
- Rivers Coalition in Cambodia requests a moratorium on the Don Sahong dam – Letter to H.E. Lim Kean Hor, CNMC Chair 27 March 2008
- Public Statement: With six proposed dams threatening the sustainability of the Lower Mekong River, Cambodian civil society calls for the MRC to address its shortcomings. Rivers Coalition in Cambodia 16 November 2007
- Mekong River Commission facing crisis of legitimacy TERRA Press Release 13 November 2007
- Letter to Mekong River Commission re MRC and hydropower dams on the lower Mekong mainstream 12 November 2007
- International alarm raised on dams across Mekong mainstream, MRC must wake up to its responsibilities TERRA Press Release 12 November 2007
- MRC silent as mainstream dams move forward TERRA Press Briefing 8 November 2007
- Letter from thirty scientists to Governmental and international agencies responsible for managing and developing the Mekong River regarding concerns about the Don Sahong Dam. May 2007
- Letter from 28 NGOs to the Lao PDR Government, the MRC, and the Government of Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam calling for plans for the Don Sahong Dam to be abandoned. 30 April 30, 2007
- Technical review of Mekong Secretariat 1994 Mekong mainstream dam plan, 31 March 1995, International Rivers Network
Media
For compilations of media articles about Mekong mainstream dams, visit TERRA or Living Rivers Siam