A 2007 Review of the Don Sahong Dam's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report

Date: 
Sunday, November 18, 2007

A 2007 Review of the Don Sahong Dam's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report carried out by the Mekong River Commission Secretariat for the Lao government.  The review expresses the following concerns, as well as concerns over the report's numerous shortcomings:  Concerns over the dam's fishery impacts and its 'conceptual' mitigation plans (Point 47,64-69); MRC clarification that the project is indeed a Mekong mainstream dam that needs to undergo the MRC's 'prior consultation' process (Point 35); the report's lack of consideration of social impacts on upstream and downstream communities, including Cambodians (Point 53); warns against effective mitigation for the impact suffered by the Irrawaddy Dolphins (Point 71); the report's failure to adequately consider transboundary and cumulative impacts (Point 76).

Read the MRC's Review of Don Sahong EIA

Read the 2007 Don Sahong EIA Report

Read the 2007 Feasibility Study for Don Sahong