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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…
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…
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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…