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The “Upper Mekong Navigation Improvement Project” or “rapids blasting project”, as dubbed by local groups, is one of the most controversial projects in the Mekong River. It involves the blasting of various rapids and rocks and dredging of channels to facilitate all year round navigation of large commercial vessels along the Mekong River stretching from Yunnan in southwest China to Luang Prabang in northern Laos. China is the principal actor promoting, funding and carrying out the project, which was given the green light after Burma, Thailand and Laos signed an agreement endorsing the project in 2000. |
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In 2001 the project EIA, based on two days of fieldwork, concluded there would be no long term impacts on fisheries and fishing-based livelihoods of communities living along the river in Laos and Thailand. Concerns over the project’s adverse impacts and the quality of the EIA, resulted in an independent review that found the original EIA to be “substantively inadequate and in many places fundamentally flawed”.
The project has faced widespread opposition from various NGOs, academics and local communities, particularly in Thailand’s Chiang Khong district where the Khon Phi Long rapids were slated to be blasted. Khon Pi Long rapids and surrounding ecosystems are important habitats for numerous fish and other aquatic species which local communities rely on for food and income |
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| MEDIA |
China unveils plan for blasting of river reefs
Bangkok Post 21 December 2006
Laos Today: Study on environmental impacts of reef blastings on Mekong river hastily done by China
Voice of America. 17 Mar 2006
China blocking flow of Mekong: experts
The Nation 26 Jan 2006
Blasting work on Mekong River halted after environmental warning
Channel News Asia.19 March 2005
China plans more work on Mekong
Bangkok Post 13 August 2004
Plan to clear Mekong rapids set to resume in spite of protest, delays in the project are only temporary
Bangkok Post 8 June 2004
Upper Mekong navigation improvement project completed
Yunnan Daily 10 May 2004
Mekong River Navigation: First phase of clearance over,
no more blasting approved
Bangkok Post 30 April 2004
Senators to protest Chinese dam building
TNA News 18 April 2004
Mekong River: China vows to limit blasting of rapids
The Nation 13 June 2003
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| BRIEFINGS & ARTICLES |
Conference: International Conference on Natural Resource Management and Cooperation Mechanisms in the Mekong Region
16th - 18th November 2004
United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Report: Impacts of Mekong rapids blasting not studied
Watershed Vol. 8 No. 2 November 2002 – February 2003
Community Voices: “If we lost our environment and suffer the impacts, can anyone return our original environment?”
Watershed Vol. 8 No. 1 July – October 2002
Deep Pools of the Mekong River: Another (Un-reported, Un-assessed) Impact of the Navigation Channel Improvement Project
TERRA Briefing Paper 22 October 2002
Summary of Analysis of the Report on Environmental Impact Assessment: The Navigation Channel Improvement Project of the Lancang-Mekong River from China-Myanmar Boundary Marker 243 to Ban Houei Sai of Laos
TERRA Briefing Paper 2002
Mekong rapids blasting study ‘fraudulent’
TERRA Press Briefing |
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| PHOTOS |
| Mekong rapids blasting |
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| LINKS |
Australian Mekong Resource Center (AMRC)
Rivers Watch East and Southeast Asia (RWESA)
Southeast Asia Rivers Network (SEARIN) |
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