Thailand / Press Releases

Thursday December 13th, 10 am, Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT)

Bangkok -- On February 28, 2007, 19 cities worldwide expressed solidarity in opposing the planned Salween Dams. Protests in front of Thai embassies/consulates were held in a number of cities, including Washington DC, Sydney, New Delhi, Essen, Paris, Jakarta, Auckland, and Manila, where a petition letter was submitted demanding the current Thai administration withdraw from plans to construct dams on the Salween River.

Open Letter Sent to Government Urging Public Disclosure of EIA

On August 31, a broad coalition of Chinese groups sent an open letter to the government urging public disclosure of environmental studies for the Nu River Hydropower Development Plan before the government decides to approve a series of at least four dams for the now free–flowing river.

Non-government organizations today called on the World Bank to reconsider its plan to support the Nam Theun 2 dam in Laos.1 Following recent events in Thailand - the proposed export market for the power produced by the dam - and a critical independent economic review of the project, NGOs say it represents an unacceptable risk for Laos, one of the world's poorest countries.