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Environmental and human rights campaigners invite society to watch and question the quality of the Luang Prabang Dam project's consideration. Under the Mekong River Commission's (MRC) prior consultation process, Laos announced the launch of its latest hydroelectric dam project on the mainstream Mekong River. On September 2, Pianporn Deetes, Thailand campaign director international river organization International Rivers expressed deep concern at the Lao government's announcement of a new hydroelectric dam, saying tens of millions of people along the Mekong River in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam would face the loss of their resource base and livelihoods. serious living If there is still a full-scale development of a dam project to produce electricity in the Mekong River Basin. “The Luang Prabang Dam is the fifth electricity generating dam project that has been submitted to the MRC, and in the past the public sector has voiced their protest against the construction of dams on the Mekong River every time. Because the transboundary impacts of dams on the environment and people's livelihoods are very severe.
And it has been clearly seen in the past from the extreme fluctuation of water levels in the Mekong River,” Phianporn said. “But from the prior consultation process of past dam projects We found many problems that called into question the quality of the process, such as the content of the Pak Beng Dam report being copied and used in the Pak Lai Dam report, just by changing the Telegram Number Data dam's name. We therefore have doubts about whether the prior consultation process is genuine or not. Because right now the process is just informing member countries.” Local fishermen in Chiang Khan District, Loei Province, with fish they just caught from the Mekong River // Environmental News Agency / Pracha Rujiwanarom Phianporn said that because of this, it is very doubtful how effective the prior consultation process will be in determining measures to prevent cross-border impacts. Since it is clear that the implementation of the prior consultation process of the Mekong River dam project in the past It is only a ceremonial process.
Ultimately, a prior consultation process that allows capitalists to profit from the construction of hydroelectric dams will cause incalculable damage to the Mekong ecosystem. and ultimately affecting the way of life of people throughout the Mekong Basin, Phianporn said. A 2018 study of the impacts of hydropower dam development in the Mekong Basin by MRC's environmental experts said the economic benefits from all planned hydropower dam developments in the Mekong Basin could not be matched. can with serious damage to the ecosystem and people's livelihoods in the Mekong Basin from loss of food security Moreover, the problem of poverty in the region is increasing. The negative impacts of hydroelectric dam development on the Mekong River could cause economic losses in the region of up to US$29 billion. The MRC said the Lao government informed the MRC Secretariat on September 30 that construction of the Luang Prabang Dam would commence in 2020. 2020 and will enter the advance consultation process soon. Map showing the construction site of the Luang Prabang Dam.
And it has been clearly seen in the past from the extreme fluctuation of water levels in the Mekong River,” Phianporn said. “But from the prior consultation process of past dam projects We found many problems that called into question the quality of the process, such as the content of the Pak Beng Dam report being copied and used in the Pak Lai Dam report, just by changing the Telegram Number Data dam's name. We therefore have doubts about whether the prior consultation process is genuine or not. Because right now the process is just informing member countries.” Local fishermen in Chiang Khan District, Loei Province, with fish they just caught from the Mekong River // Environmental News Agency / Pracha Rujiwanarom Phianporn said that because of this, it is very doubtful how effective the prior consultation process will be in determining measures to prevent cross-border impacts. Since it is clear that the implementation of the prior consultation process of the Mekong River dam project in the past It is only a ceremonial process.
Ultimately, a prior consultation process that allows capitalists to profit from the construction of hydroelectric dams will cause incalculable damage to the Mekong ecosystem. and ultimately affecting the way of life of people throughout the Mekong Basin, Phianporn said. A 2018 study of the impacts of hydropower dam development in the Mekong Basin by MRC's environmental experts said the economic benefits from all planned hydropower dam developments in the Mekong Basin could not be matched. can with serious damage to the ecosystem and people's livelihoods in the Mekong Basin from loss of food security Moreover, the problem of poverty in the region is increasing. The negative impacts of hydroelectric dam development on the Mekong River could cause economic losses in the region of up to US$29 billion. The MRC said the Lao government informed the MRC Secretariat on September 30 that construction of the Luang Prabang Dam would commence in 2020. 2020 and will enter the advance consultation process soon. Map showing the construction site of the Luang Prabang Dam.