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Children of the Salween River
Hundreds of kilometers downstream from where I was this time last year, on this International Day of Action for Rivers...
Burma Government Suspends Megadam
On September 30th, the President of Burma, Thein Sein, suspended what would have been Southeast Asia’s biggest hydropower project, the...
A Lesson Dam Lobby Looks Set to Ignore
Originally published in South China Morning Post (sub req'd) Republished at Hydroworld.com Halt to construction of a barrage in Myanmar...
A Turning Point for Chinese Dam Builders
What was destined to be Southeast Asia’s biggest hydropower dam, the $3.6 billion Myitsone Dam Project on the headwaters of...
Myitsone Dam Cancellation an International Media Event
The cancellation of the Myitsone dam project has grabbed international headlines this week, the decision prompted by the new president,...
Pianporn Deetes, Thailand Program Coordinator on ABC News Radio
The following radio interview appeared on PM with Mark Colvin, ABC News. Pianporn Deetes, International Rivers Thailand Program Coordinator talks...
Myanmar to Stop Construction of Controversial Dam
Originally published in The Wall Street Journal Myanmar's president called Friday to suspend construction of a controversial China-backed hydroelectric dam...
Burma Dam: Why Myitsone Plan is Being Halted
Originally published in BBC News In a rare concession, the Burmese government has suspended a long planned and highly controversial...
The Myitsone Dam on the Irrawaddy River: A Briefing
1. Background Project Overview The Myitsone Hydroelectric Project is located at the confluence of the Mali and N’Mai rivers and...
China's Assessment Calls for Burma's Myitsone Dam to Be Scrapped
China Power Investment Corporation is forging ahead with its controversial Myitsone dam in northern Burma despite its own assessment calling...