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The Don Sahong Dam: Potential impacts on regional fish migrations, livelihoods and human health

This paper focuses on the potential impacts of the Don Sahong Dam on fisheries, food security and poverty alleviation in Laos and neighbouring countries. The findings of the study—including fieldwork conducted over a number of years—suggest that various fish species undertake long-distance migrations up and down the Mekong River past the Khone Falls. Thus, the DSD would seriously jeopardise fisheries and associated livelihoods both above and below the dam. Fish stocks at risk also include species that are crucial for the overall ecology of the Mekong Basin.

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Field Value
Document type Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Community fisheries
  • Environmental and biodiversity protection
  • Livelihood rights
  • Wild capture commercial fishing and natural fisheries
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Cambodia
  • Viet Nam
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Thailand
  • Myanmar
  • China
Copyright Unclear copyright
Version / Edition 1
License unspecified
Contact

Ian G. Baird, PhD, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoria, Canada. ianbaird@shaw.ca

Author (individual) Baird, Ian G.
Publication date 2009
Date uploaded May 28, 2015, 08:37 (UTC)
Date modified January 13, 2016, 19:53 (UTC)