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Press Release by the Karenni Development Research Group - KDRG
4 October, 2011
Dam-induced floods spur calls to suspend new Chinese dams in Burma’s Karenni State
Unprecedented releases of water from Burma’s first major hydropower dam at Moebye due to heavy rainfall have caused severe flooding around the Karenni capital, Loikaw, spurring calls by community groups to suspend construction of three large hydropower dams planned by Chinese investors in Karenni state.
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28 April 2011
Salween Watch Coalition Statement
Escalation of civil war in Burma necessitates immediate halt to Salween dam plans
Following recent heavy fighting in northern Shan State, all the planned Salween dam sites in Burma now lie directly in active conflict zones. The Salween Watch Coalition is therefore demanding an immediate halt to all plans to build dams on the Salween River in Burma. |
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March 14, 2011 Statement of the Burma Rivers Network
on the International Day of Action for Rivers
Stop Damming Burma's Rivers
Burma Rivers Network is calling on foreign investors to immediately stop plans to build large dams on Burma's major rivers and their tributaries, as these dams will have huge social and environmental impacts across the country, and fuel Burma’s decades-long civil war.
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Thursday, 10 March 2011 00:00 |
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Published in March 2011
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Monday, 07 February 2011 00:00 |
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To: H.E. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand
Subject: Calling for the Hatgyi Dam to be stopped immediately
Dear Sir, We are a coalition of organizations representing communities living along the Salween River in Burma and Thailand. We would like to take the opportunity of the public hearings at Mae Sam Laep and Sob Moei on the Thai-Burma border on February 8 and 9 to reiterate our strong opposition to the building of the Hatgyi Dam. The current renewed intensification of fighting in the area, the attendant human rights abuses and continued refugee flows make it clear that this project must be abandoned.
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 12:29 |
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The latest newsletter from the Salween Watch Coalition gives an update on the Thai Prime Minister's directive to study the impacts of the Hatgyi Dam, a new agreement on the upper Kunlong dam, and China's plans to build seven new dams in eastern Shan State on tributaries of the Salween and Mekong rivers. There is also a profile of Sinohydro, one of China's biggest hydropower companies that is involved in the Salween dams. Published in March 2010.
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