Saturday, August 26, 2017

Some Information on Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Dam in Sung Treng, Cambodia

The Lower Sesan 2 (LS2) Hydropower Project will be located on the Sesan River in Sesan District, Stung Treng Province, 1.5km downstream from its confluence with the Srepok River and 25km from where the two rivers meet the Mekong River mainstream. The project was approved by Cambodia's Council of Ministers in November 2012 and construction started in February 2014, despite its significant environmental and social impacts to Cambodia and the entire Mekong Region. A huge number of people will be affected but they are not been adequately consulted.

Developers are The Hydro Power Lower Sesan 2 Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Cambodia’s Royal Group and China’s Hydrolancang International Energy.
 
Please touch on the communities’ daily lives with natural resources, their beliefs, and real demands.

Statements by LS2 Affected Communities: 

Apr.30, 2015
To the Commission on Planning, Investment, Agriculture, Rural Development at Cambodia National Assembly; A Follow-up Letter on An Investigation of the Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Project by the Commission

To the Cambodia National Assembly; Intervene to immediately cancel the project

NGO Public Statement; Call for release of information on project redesign and a new EIA

To the ministries; Cancel LS2 immediately and compensate for the loss of trees from reservoir clearance activity

To the Committee for Solving Impacts of LS2; We refuse to leave our village (by Srekor Villages)

To the Committee for Solving Impacts of LS2; We refuse to leave our village (by Kbal Romeas Village)

To the Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy; We reject Compensation and Resettlement Policy of LS2 signed in January 2014 by the government

To the Chinese Ambassador; Withdraw China’s involvement in the LS2


Short video on Life of Bunong Ethnic Minority in Kbal Romeas
 
Video clips (in Khmer)】
សម្លេងអ្នកភូមិលើទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោម២
Sesan River and Our Life -A Villager's Voice on the Lower Sesan 2-
Vernsai District(Part 1)
Vernsai District (Part 2)
Andoung Meas District

រីករាយជាមួយនឹងអំណោយពីធម្មជាតិ  
Enjoying the Blessings of Nature -Kbal Romease Village, Cambodia
ផ្កាអណ្តែង Andeng Flower

ការនេសាទត្រី Fishing

ព្រៃឈើ Forest
 
Report: Introduction to Livelihoods in Kbal Romeas Village, Northeast Cambodia http://www.mekongwatch.org/PDF/Intro_KR_Village.pdf
 
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More information

1. Mekong Watch web page: Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower dam           
    Website: http://www.mekongwatch.org/english/ (English)

    E-mail: info@mekongwatch.org,

2. 3S Rives Protection network (3SPN): www.3spn.org

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Saturday, October 10, 2015

For Your information: Fact Sheet of Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Dam

3S Rivers Protection Network (3SPN) and Mekong Watch organization have updated on  a Fact Sheet of Lower Sesan 2 dam project in northeastern part of Cambodia in the aim to bring public attention on large development plan that would have huge negative social and environmental impacts. 
To remind that the Lower Sesan 2 (LS2) Hydropower Project will be located on the Sesan River in Sesan District, Stung Treng Province, Cambodia, 1.5km downstream from its confluence with the Srepok River and 25km from where the two rivers meet the Mekong River mainstream. The project was approved by Cambodia’s Cabinet in November 2012, despite its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report failing to meet international best practice.
 Although technically a tributary dam, LS2, if built, will have significant negative impacts on the fisheries and biodiversity of the entire Lower Mekong Basin. A 2012 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencespoints out that the dam will cause a 9.3% drop in fish stocks basin-wide, putting more than 50 fish species into extinction. Experts have also warned that LS2 will contribute to the changing of hydrology of the Mekong River and Tonle Sap Lake, as well as reducing sediment flows by approximately 6.0 to 8.0%. The dam will have the largest impact on fish biomass amongst planned tributary dams in the Lower Mekong Basin. Its impacts will be felt as far downstream as the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and as far upstream as Laos and Thailand.
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