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Fish species found in the Salween river and its tributaries

          “We are the receiver of the problem, we are directly affected people, our lives have been destroyed by the dam, when fish and nature restored to the river, our lives are restored too,  We try to make other people to see and understand the impacts of what is going on after the dam gates are opened. And so we think of documenting the impact of the opening of gates by doing our own research.  If outsiders conduct research, we are afraid that they will not see and collect all aspects of impacts from the dam because they are outsiders who live in cities and do not understand our lives.  They do not know about fish, ecosystem, and The Mun River like us.  If they conduct research, they have to come to observe and interview us.  Therefore, we decide to do research of our own.”

Thongdham Chatapan, village researcher at Pak Mun

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1. 3rd Mekong fish survey in Chinag Khan district, Loei  April 2007
2. 2nd Mekong fish survey in Chinag Khan district, Loei Feb 2007
3. 1st Mekong fish survey in Chinag Khan district, Loei July 2006

Articles and News

1. Local Knowledge on Fish in the Mekong River
2. Doing it for themselves   Bangkok Post 27 June 2005

International Thai Baan Research Network

1. Midterm workshop on Local Knowledge Research at Me Linh village, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam 27-28 Jan 08
2. Workshop on Thai Baan Research for a Chinese NGO group in Chiang Khong district, 5-8 Dec 07
3. Thai Baan research training in China by SEARIN staff, May 07
4. Thai Baan research training in Vietnam by SEARIN staff, July 06