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Rice plots blocked at dam site Tue, 10 September 2013 Sen David In a first step toward clearing villagers from land intended for a planned Koh Kong provincial hydroelectric dam, a Chinese development firm has blocked a road leading to plots where villagers have continued to harvest rice. Officials from Tianjin Union Development Group, which was awarded a 9,100-hectare economic land concession straddling Koh Kong’s Kiri Sakor and Botum Sakor districts two years ago, placed wooden blocks across the Ta Noun commune road on Sunday, said Phan Eng, 57, who lives in the commune. “We can get across by jumping, but this makes it difficult to bring our tractors across to farm as we usually do,†Eng said. Read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-plots-blocked-dam-site
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Exhibit tackles the Mekong River's environmental woes From Phnom Penh Post Tuesday 12th June 2012 By Roth Meas The Mekong River, which winds from China through Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, is not just a beautiful natural setting but also a main water source and lifeline for the region’s wildlife and river-dependent communities. After plans for a hydroelectric dam on the Laos portion of the river were announced last year, concerns about the environmental integrity of the river were raised by activists and the governments of potentially affected countries. Read More Here
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