Clipping from Sidney Morning Herald
In 2007, Laos signed a memorandum of understanding to sell 95 per cent of the electricity produced by the Xayaburi project to Thailand.
Financing and construction for the $3.5 billion development is also set to come from Thai banks and construction companies.
Climatologist Anond Snidvongs from Chulalongkorn University says dams will impact the region's agriculture.
"Dams are definitely going to affect the biodiversity, that's one thing. It's very clear and very well proven," he said.
Of key concern is the impact on fisheries on Cambodia's Ton Le Sap Lake and Vietnam's delta, both vital sources of food and income for millions of people on the Lower Mekong.
"Fish in the Mekong, they are both food and also economics. About one third of the economy of Cambodia at the moment relies on the exporting of fish (from the lake) to other countries, especially Thailand," Mr Anond said.
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