Thailand can meet its future energy needs without any additional hydropower imports or further investment in coal or nuclear energy, a new study shows.
The California-based environmental NGO International Rivers commissioned the study, which was conducted by energy researchers Chuenchom Sangarasri Greacen and Chris Greacen and released yesterday. In it the authors say that Thailand does not need to purchase electricity from the controversial Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos to meet its domestic energy demands. more>>
In response to these developments, communities along the Mekong River have established the "Network of Thai People in Eight Mekong Provinces" because of their concern for the impacts they've already experienced from dams in China and those anticipated to result from the construction of additional dams in the lower basin. more>>
We, the Thai Mekong Community Network of 8 Provinces have been closely monitoring the Xayaburi Dam project on the Mekong mainstream in Lao PDR due to concerns over the dam’s impacts on the river’s ecosystem and the livelihoods of over 60 million people in four Lower Mekong countries. We joined the consultations in Thailand organized by the Thai National Mekong Commission, and in early April held our own forums in Northeast Thailand. We have also submitted sign-on letters to Thai and Lao Prime Ministers more >>
WE work to support local communities rights to their water resources, promote local knowledge-based sustainable water resource management, and oppose threats to rivers and riverine ecosystems in Thailand and neighbor countries in the Mekong and Salween River Basins. more >>
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