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  • PR | UN Envoys Report Concern over Don Sahong Dam Impacts to Human Rights Council

    he United Nations Special Procedures have raised serious concerns over the human rights impacts of the controversial Don Sahong Dam under construction on the Mekong River in Lao...

  • A Shared Commitment to the Future of the Mekong River

    Standing under the scorching sun along the banks of the Mekong River, more than one hundred people gathered on March 14 to celebrate the International Day of Action for Rivers. ...

  • Hydropower resettlement and livelihood adaptation: The Nam Mang 3 project in Laos February 2015

    Hydropower development in the vicinity of the Nam Mang 3 hydropower project has impacted farming households and communities. The impacts vary with household access to livelihood...

  • Irrigated agriculture

    This paper gives an overview of water resource management for agricultural sector in Cambodia. The overuse of surface and ground water for this sector affect the water flow patt...

  • Dodgy deal: Lower Sesan 2 dam project

    Located on the Sesan River, just below the confluence of the Srepok River in Cambodia's Stung Treng Province Province, the large 420MW, $816 million Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam...

  • Letters from the Mekong : site visit to Laos’ first two mainstream dam projects, executive summary

    Examines the current status of mitigation efforts at Laos’ Xayaburi and Don Sahong dam projects on the mainstream of the lower Mekong River. The report is based on visits to Tha...

  • Environmental Impact Assessments in Developing Countries: An Opportunity for Greater Environmental Security?

    The first half of this Working Paper will give a background of the origins and development of environmental impact assessments. The second half of the paper will focus on enviro...

  • Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Cambodia

    This is an introduction of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) guiding principles made by a representative of Ministry of Environment, Cambodia. It is to inform the key stakeh...

  • Making the Case: Effective Public Participation is Good for Business in the Mekong Region

    This report attempts to fill this gap by sharing conversations with company representatives with business in one or more Mekong country (Cambodia, Laos PDR, Myanmar, Thailand ...

  • How land concessions affect places elsewhere: Teleconnections and large-scale plantations in Southern Laos and Northeastern Cambodia April 2015

    Over the last decade or so considerable research has been conducted on the development and the impacts of large-scale land concessions for plantations in Laos and Cambodia. Thes...

  • Laos country report on environmental management in the Lao PDR mining sector

    The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is facing significant challenges in addressing environmental issues in the rapidly growing mining sector. This r...

  • Land use impacts by planting bananas of Chinese companies case study in Oudomxay

    Land Use Impacts by Planting Bananas of Chinese Companies Case Study in Oudomxay

  • Don Sahong Hydropower Project, Lao PDR environmental impact assessment 2013

    The first step,for the Project will be to create non-fisheries related livelihood income systems to compensate for direct Project related impacts arising from the permanent los...

  • Environmental impact assessment guidelines

    Guidelines from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to guide developers and their consultants in conducting and reporting on environmental impact assessmen...

  • Expert workshop on illegal land conversion in the Mekong Region - Lao PDR

    A workshop on illegal land conversion in Laos, its social and environmental impacts, driving factors, and future areas for improvement.

  • Pesticide use in Xieng Khouang 2016

    Acute effects of paraquat exposure are well known to farmers: – burning sensation on the skin, in the eyes, nose and throat – difficulty in breathing, muscle weakness, naus...

  • Environmental and Social Safeguards 2016

    Law on Environmental Protection 2012; Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines 2012; Ministerial Instruction on Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Process of the Inves...

  • Assessment and prospect of China-Laos development cooperation 2016

    Assessment and prospect of China-Laos development cooperation 2016

  • Environmental impacts of trade liberalization in the silk handicrafts sector of the Lao PDR

    The key environmental concern related to this sector is wastewater. Wastewater discharge does not currently have a significant environmental impact due to the small size of th...

  • Comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development

    A training manual by Brian Hollingworth on comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development, published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ...

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