The Lao gov­ern­ment has again said it won’t pro­ceed on the con­tro­ver­sial dam before gain­ing approval from the inter­na­tional com­munity, and in par­tic­u­lar the down­stream countries.

This is great news, if it remains true, for the Mekong com­munit­ies (not just human) in north-east Cam­bodia who would have their homes and live­li­hoods des­troyed by the likely con­sequences of this dam.

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Happy Khmer New Year 13th 04 2012, may you and your fam­ily be blessed with peace­ful, suc­cess­ful, healthy, wealthy, lucky and pros­per­ous for the whole year though.

Join us for Mekong Giv­ing Thanks Day on Wed­nes­day April the 11th as we cel­eb­rate the Mekong River and all it provides people with.

Organ­ised by CRDT in cooper­a­tion with Kratie’s Pro­vin­cial Gov­ern­ment and the Kratie NGO net­work the even aims to raise people’s aware­ness of the threats and issues facing the Mekong River in 2012 and bey­ond. We want people to get involved in act­ive pro­tec­tion of the river for their own lives and the lives of future generations.

Thank you Mekong!

Wel­come to the new CRDT web­site, we hope to be drop­ping news right into your laps soon via www.crdt.org.kh/feed. Until then please take a look around and let us know what you think on face­book or twit­ter.

Thanks!