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Governments Must Chart a New Course for the Mekong River

Drought in Vietnam southern and central regions devastated agricultural landPhoto: Le Hoang Vu, Thanh Nien News 2016 brought the worst...
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A Matter of Rights in the Future of the Mekong

The United Nations Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council recently published the outcome of communications on the human rights...
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It’s Time to Protect Our World’s Rivers

Munduruku in Brasilia in 2013.Ruy Sposati Fifty years ago, environmentalists and dam builders in the United States were locked in...
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A Time for Rivers: The Tide Is Turning

My friends, we are winning. I don’t say that lightly. This past year has been fraught with challenges for the...
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A Glimmer of Hope for the Salween? | Myanmar Times

Originally published in the Myanmar Times China’s decision to shelve hydropower projects presents an important opportunity for Myanmar to re-evaluate...
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Water is Life, Rivers are Home

Earlier this year, researchers discovered a new species of monkey, the white-cheeked macaque, in southern Tibet along the Nu River....
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Laos Dam Projects Put Entire Region at Risk | The Bangkok Post

Construction is expected to begin in early 2017 on the Pak Beng Hydropower Project, located in the upper reaches of...
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Don Sahong Dam - Disaster in the Making That Must Be Halted! | The Ecologist

A fisher going to set his fishing gear at rapids at Don Sahong on the Mekong River.International Rivers This article...
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Press Release | Flawed Prior Consultation Cannot Legitimize New Mekong Dam

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Mekong River at the proposed site of the Pak Beng Dam The Lao government has officially...
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Laos Moves Ahead With Third Contentious Mekong Dam | ABC News

Vegetable gardens on the riverbank near Pak Beng.Photo courtesy of Suthep Kritsanavari This article originally appeared on ABC News. Laos...