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Publications

Poster of Fish Species in the Salween River

Rivers, Rights, and Dams: Lessons for Dam affected Communities
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English version please visite www.internationalrivers.org 

Poster of dams in the Lower Mekong

Poster of Fish Species in Upper Yom River

Poster of Fish Species in the Mekong River along Thai-Laos Border

Documentary

 

	Salween, River of Ethnic Minorities (10 minutes, 18 MB) Thai Baan Research at Keang Sue Ten   (10 minutes, 3.6 MB) for faster Thai Baan Research at the Salween River   (10 minutes, 7.6 MB) Thai Baan Research at Pak Mun dam    (18 minutes, 13.3 MB)

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International Rivers River Watch East & Southeast Asia Mekong Watch Oxfam Mekong Friends of the Earth (Japan) Terraper Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance Salween Watch Salween News Friends of the River Narmada Probe (International) FIVAS European Rivers Network (ERN) American Rivers

International Day of Action against Dams, for Rivers, and Peopels in Thailand  March 14, 2008  Over 250 villagers from 20 villages in Hut Gyi Dam-affected areas organized a Buddhists ceremony to worship the river and express their opposition against the projects. more>>

• Cambodia seeks billions for dams  Bangkok Post
• MAPPING THE MEKONG Race against time to survey border line   Bangkok Post. 27 April 08.
• CAMBODIA: Dwindling Fish Stocks Threaten Food Security   IPS News
• In Mekong Delta, few know or worry about rising seas Bangkok Post 8 April 08
• Sinking feeling South China Morning Post. Apr 08, 2008.
• World's Largest Catfish Species Threatened by Dam National Geographic News. April 8, 2008
• New rush to dam Mekong alarms environmentalists   AFP   27 March 08
• Activists concerned over dams    Bangkok Post    28 March 2008
• Critics damn plans for Mekong River     AFP March 28, 2008
  
• Mekong River Commission Comes Under Fire    The Cambodia Daily 28 March 2008
• GMS Summit to Hear Burmese PM’s Views on Environment Management    The Irrawaddy Online. 27 March 2008.
• CAMBODIA: Concerns Rise with Planned Lao Dam on Mekong   Imaging Our Mekong
• Laos, Thailand cooperate in power project Vientiane Times, 26 March 2008
• Govt pressured to scrap dam projects   Bangkok Post. 16 Mar 08
• Caution urged on water project plans    Bangkok Post. 15 Mar 08

Dams in Laos

• US$65 million electricity project goes ahead Vientiane Times April 8, 2008
• Lao villagers not ready for dam impact: group Reuters Feb 27, 2008
• Egco seeks deals in Laos and Vietnam: Three power plants to be worth $1.9bn  Bangkok Post. 21 February 2008.
• Lao Government reminds Chinese enterprises not to start alternative plantation project in the proposed Nam Tha 1 Hydropower station's flooded area  13 February 2008.
• Construction close to starting on major dam Vientiane Times, 18 Jan 2008

Workshop on Local Knowledge Research at Red River, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam 27-28 Jan 08		Workshop on Thai Baan Research for a Chinese group in Chiang Khong district, 5-8 Dec 07

1. WATER DIVERSION : Experts against PM's int'l river water plan   Bangkok Post 3 May 2008
2. Ban the Dam, Say Activists  The Irrawaddy   March 14, 2008    By VIOLET CHO
3. Project to dam the Nu River set to move ahead South China Morning Post. Feb 17, 2008
4. Ethnic armed groups condemn dam projects on the Salween Shan Herade Agency for News, 21 Feb 08
5. Mystery decision puts Burma dams on hold Bangkok POst, BREAKING NEWS
6. Press Release  Over 50,000 affected people petition China to regulate dam projects in Burma    Embargoed for December 3, 2007
7. Open Letter to the People's Republic of China on the Influx of Chinese Dam Building Companies to Burma/Myanmar  December 3, 2007
8. Burma Rivers Network Asks Burma’s neighbours to End Energy Deals with the Myanmar Military Junta   BRN statement
9. Statement of Salween Watch regarding the attack on the EGAT workers’ camp of the Hat Gyi dam site
10. Mekong-Salween dams documentary by AlJazeera on YouTube