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Poster of Fish Species in the Salween River

Rivers, Rights, and Dams: Lessons for Dam affected Communities
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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

Statement: Mekong flood, MRC’s roles, dams in China, and a failed alarm system  16 August 2008

The Thai People’s Network for Mekong (TPNM) poses the critical questions on contradicting roles played by Mekong River Commission (MRC) and the fallacy on dams and alarm systems in China.: more>>

• Mekong shows its new face Bangkok Post 25 August 2008
• Irregularities suspected over push for dam Bangkok Post 23 August 2008
• Flood damage costs Laos hundreds of billions of kip  Virntiane Times August 22, 2008
• China damned over floods Asia Times Online. Aug 23, 2008
• Chinese dams still blamed for floods Bangkok Post 21 August 2008
• Mekong countries may ask China for warning on water release 08/20/2008
• MEKONG FLOODS: China asked for river info Bangkok Post 20 August 2008
• Floods cost Luang Prabang almost 100b kip  Vientinae Times August 19, 08
• Mekong Flood Warning System Fails  ISP, 18 Aug 08
• Flood warnings for provinces in Isan   Bangkok Post, August 18, 2008
• Warnings on floods faulted: MRC bulletins 'not reaching' villagers  Bangkok Post, August 17, 2008
• MRC defends China over Thai floods: Mekong basin flooding worst in 100 years  Bangkok Post. Aug 16, 08
• Torrential rain leaves 40 dead in Yunnan  Shanghai Daily. 13 Aug 08
• Residents evacuated as floods rise The Nation, August 15, 2008
• Flooding cuts electricity in Luang Prabang Vientiane Times, August 15, 2008
• Govt protects Vientiane from flooding Vientiane Times, August 15, 2008
• Sandbag wall finished today Vientiane Times, August 15, 2008
• Communities devastated by floods, with more to come Bangkok Post, August 14, 2008
• Mekhong river at its highest for 30 years  The Nation, August 14, 2008
• FLOOD HIT: Mekhong river at its highest for 30 years The Nation  August 14, 2008
• Floods Destroy Thousands of Hectares of Laos' Farmlands Dara Baccam VOA 13/08/2008

 

Flood in Chiang Khong district  more >>

Plans for some old dams unfortunately never die
PIANPORN DEETES   Bangkok Post 23 June 08

Perhaps Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej thinks it is still the 1960s. As new prime minister, he autocratically announced water diversion projects for the Mekong and Salween rivers, callously calling these international rivers ''public waters'' in the faulty belief that anyone can utilise them without repercussions. In power for only four months, he has already revived almost all the historically rejected water infrastructure schemes, including the infamous Pa Mong dam _ the Mekong's Hoover, proposed by the US some four decades back _ along with other multi-gigawatt dams and poorly planned water diversions. more >>

• Dam protesters ordain forest and cast curses  Bangkok Post 22 June 2008
• Destructive mega dreams Bangkok Post 12 June 08
• Samak to revive old dam projectPM on collision course with environmentalists  Bangkok Post 6 June 2008

• Dams threaten Siamese crocs The Phnom Penh Post. 11 Aug 08
• Democrat says Thai-Lao MOU on dam construction may violate charter National News Bureau August 5, 2008
• Thai plan threatens Mekong  ABC   7 Aug 08
• Residents warned of Mekong flood risk  Vientiane Times  August 7, 2008
• Thailand's River Diversion Plans for Whose Benefit? NEWSMEKONG August 4, 2008
• Water level of Mekong River in Mukdahan nears critical level National News Bureau, Public Relations Department of Thailand 02 Aug 08

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