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New hydropower dam in Laos could lead to 'economic losses'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/07/2024
» Conservationists and people of the Mekong Basin are petitioning the government not to sign a contract to buy electricity from the Pak Beng Hydropower Dam in Laos, fearing economic and territorial losses.
Thailand's untouchables
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/01/2023
» Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, commander of the Anti-Corruption Division (ACD), has vowed to turn the agency into a high-calibre unit combatting corruption.
Tide turning for Mekong protesters
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/12/2020
» CHIANG RAI: After almost two decades of campaigning against hydro-dams and water projects built on the Mekong River, local civic groups and conservationists finally launched the "Mekong People's Forum," with the hope of moving their campaign to a policy level.
Deteriorating Mekong ecosystem alarms activists
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/12/2019
» Environment advocates are voicing concerns over the Mekong River's deteriorating ecosystem, especially with more projects set to affect the waterway in the pipeline.
Laos assures riverside Thais on dam impact
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/01/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Laos has assured the Pak Beng hydropower dam that is to be built on the lower Mekong River will have no adverse impact on local people living on the Thai side of the river.
Pak Beng dam project riles locals
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/06/2017
» CHIANG RAI - Environmental activists will petition the Administrative Court Thursday to help in their protest against the new Pak Beng dam project on the Mekong River in Laos, which could bring both ecological and economic impacts to the region.
School seedling innovation aims high
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/04/2016
» A new conservation idea flashed into the minds of a group of students and teachers in Nakhon Phanom when they noticed that planting new trees can lead to global warming.