Tag Archives for: "Xayaburi Dam"

A few weeks ago, Cook and I observed a consultation between Sor Rattanamanee Polkla, a Thai lawyer, and representatives from 8 communities (Chiang Rai, Loei, Nongkhai, Buangkarn, Nakonpanom, [...]

With the Lao government moving ahead with the construction of the Xayaburi Dam despite objections from environmental experts and its downstream neighbors, advocates are heightening efforts to [...]

Last week Bobbie and I had the opportunity to observe the filing of a case in the Administrative Court of Thailand by affected villagers downstream from the Xayaburi dam in Laos. We were informed [...]

Last week I had the privilege of attending a showing of Waking the Green Tiger: A Green Movement Rises in China, a documentary film about the environmental movement in China, focusing on protests [...]

With today’s announcement that the Mekong River Commission will require further study of environmental and social impacts, the governments of the Mekong region have taken an important step [...]

We’ve been blogging about the proposed Xayaburi dam a lot lately, because this project really needs to be stopped until a complete transboundary assessment is conducted and proper [...]

Civil society groups have been consistent with their advice to deciding governments on the Xayaburi dam project: evaluate all risks before proceeding, and get the people who stand to be affected [...]

I’ve been studying the implications of the proposed Xayaburi dam in Lao PDR, which would be the first dam on the mainstream of the Mekong river downstream from China, for regional [...]

I’m pleased to report that the Mekong River and the millions of people dependent upon it received an important reprieve this week. The Thai, Cambodian and Vietnamese government administrators in [...]

Protection of the Mekong River has been an important part of ERI’s work for several years now, especially through the EarthRights School Mekong and the Mekong Legal Network (MLN).  Recently, [...]