Support freeze on planned dam projects

SciDev.Net: A new management model is needed for dams in the lower Mekong Countries in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) should support a freeze on planned dam projects and initiate a regional forum to discuss the environmental, livelihood, water and food security implications of such developments, say R. Edward Grumbine and Jianchu Xu. A new integrated, transboundary approach to managing the river basin could serve as a model for future river projects, they say. In September, Laos petitioned the Mekong......

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