The Mekong  River is under threat. The governments of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand are planning eleven big hydropower dams on the Mekong  River’s mainstream. If built, the dams would block major fish migrations and disrupt this vitally important river, placing at risk millions of people who depend upon the Mekong for their food security and income.

Read the Save the Mekong coalition statement to H.E. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand, delivered on 18 June 2009. Read the press release.

Read the letters sent delivering the 23,110 signature "Save the Mekong" petition to the Prime Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam on 19 October 2009.

Read the letters sent to the Chairpersons of the National Mekong Committees of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam on 1 December 2009.