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China urged to drop plan for blasting river rapids
Villagers protested in front of the Chinese embassy yesterday urging Beijing to drop a plan to clear reefs in the Mekong river. Villagers in Chiang Rai, affected by the Mekong Navigation Cha…
52 organisations from Burma call for an end to the blasting of the Mekong rapids December 12, 2002
Opposition to Mekong Navigation ProjectDecember 12, 2002 To: The Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Bangkok Our organisations, representing grassroots communities and people's mov…
Senator blasts navigation plan Kraisak sees threat to Thai sovereignty
Blasting rapids and shoals in the Mekong river to widen the navigation channel threatens national sovereignty, Kraisak Choonhavan, chairman of the senate foreign affairs committee warned yes…
Concern grows over Mekong river project Reef blasting may upset eco-system
Cambodian and Lao officials yesterday expressed serious concern about the possible negative impacts from the Mekong River navigation improvement project being spearheaded by China. They dema…
ANALYSIS / NAVIGATING THE MEKONG River project meanders along
China wants to see large vessels plying the Mekong as far as Luang Prabang in Laos as soon as possible, but hazards need to be removed and this is causing concern in each of the countries al…
MEKONG RIVER: Border issue with Laos needs to be settled firs
Thailand will not clear rapids and shoals in its navigable section of the Mekong River until border demarcation with Laos is resolved, amid concerns that the destruction could alter the bord…
Chavalit urges reef plan review Blasting could upset boundary with Laos
The cabinet screening committee yesterday called for a review of the four-nation plan to clear reefs in the Mekong river. Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, who chairs the panel, s…
Mainstream Development
Threats to Mekong Fishing CommunitiesPiyaporn Wongruang, THE NATIONPublished on Jul 9, 2002 Plans to make the Mekong navigable to bigger boats by blasting rapids and shoals threaten to end a…
MEKONG RIVER NAVIGATION Rethink urged on reef blasting Chinese plan bad for ecology, fishermen
A Senate committee and local fishermen have urged the government to veto the planned blasting of rocky rapids in the Mekong river, to protect the ecology and jobs. Environment committee chai…
Senate panel urges suspension|of Mekong rapids blasting
Further blasting of Mekong River rapids to make the waterway more navigable should be temporarily suspended pending the results of an environmental impact assessment, said the Senate Committ…
Senate to call for review of Mekong-blasting accord
The Senate committee on the environment will ask the government to review an agreement with China, Burma and Laos to carve out navigation channels on the upper reaches of the Mekong River by…
Reef blasting plan on hold for a review
The four-nation plan to clear reefs in the Mekong river to allow commercial shipping has been put on hold after the Defense Ministry called for a review. The ministry said it wanted time to…