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.