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Mekong dams will wipe out fisheries, study says

MiaOctober 26, 2015Mekong in The News, Mekong News, Mekong River Basin, News from the Greater Mekong Region

Phnom Penh Post, 22 October 2015
Shaun Turton

Preliminary findings from a soon-to-be released comprehensive report have reinforced dismal projections for the future of Cambodia’s fisheries if 11 planned mainstream hydropower dams are built on the Mekong River.

Presented yesterday on the first day of the Greater Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy in Phnom Penh, the impact assessment projected more than half of fish catches in regions connected to the Mekong could be lost if the dams – nine in Laos and two in Cambodia – are established in the coming decades. [read more]

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