| 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 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 summary report for the "Public Forum on Sharing the Mekong River Basin" held 1 April 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand and download the supporting materials. [Read more]
Read the letter sent to the Mekong River Commission on 17 June 2010 calling for the complete release of data on the Mekong River's low water levels in 2010.
Invitation to Save the Mekong seminars in Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland on June 9, Oslo Norway on 17 June, and the Hague, Netherlands on June 22 |
