Preserve Food Security In Southeast Asia
- von: Care2.com
- empfänger: Laos President Choummaly Sayasone
The Laos government contradicted agreements to suspend detrimental dam construction by quietly continuing to build the Xayaburi Dam, eliciting concerns from environmental groups, neighboring regions, and the 60 million residents whose food security is in jeopardy.
The U.S., Cambodia, and Australia all support a 10-year pause on Xayaburi construction, as it will dwindle fish species, irreparably impacting underwater ecosystems. The Laos government reassures concerned environmentalists that it hears them loudly and clearly, only to ignore official warnings by moving forward with the 3.5 billion dollar dam deal.
Both the World Wildlife Fund and International Rivers have commented on the ecological fiasco that the dam will cause Thailand. The construction process alone will block fish migration, harm water quality, and uproot communities.
Tell the Laos government to keep its promises! Don't destroy food security with sneaky construction plans!
Dear President Choummaly Sayasone,
The ongoing Xayaburi Dam construction is a blatant disregard of Thailand's environment, food security, and the well-being of its people. You are accountable for your promises to halt the devastating construction, and I urge you to to follow-through on these vital agreements.
Dam construction will have severe impacts on the fish species that villagers in multiple regions depend on for food--marking this project as a food security crisis in the making. That's why environmental foundations, Thailand's residents, and the U.S. have all urged you to halt construction along the Xayaburi River.
Since construction workers are still at the dam site, and villages are still in the process of being relocated, it is obvious that Laos officials are ignoring the warnings being screamed from neighbors, citizens and environmentalists.
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Do not devastate the ecosystem of a river that 60 million people depend on for food. Stop the Xayaburi Dam construction today before irreversible damage plagues a central Thai ecosystem.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
