A Panel discussion and forum on Dams, disaster and ecological justice: hydropower legacies in the Mekong
The recent tragic collapse of an auxiliary dam of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project, under construction in southern Laos, drew global attention to the escalation in dam-building in the country and across the lower Mekong Basin.
This man-made disaster killed at least 40 people and displaced thousands from their homes, not only in Laos but also downstream in Cambodia. It has cast a spotlight on the impacts of hydropower on river basins and local populations – those who tend to be most vulnerable to the risks posed by dams while having little say in hydropower policy.
Location: the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand – FCCT
Date: Thursday, 18 October 2018 during 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
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