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The battle for water: Thai villagers to fight China’s Lao Mekong dam in court
by Thin Lei Win, Wed, 25 Jul 2012, cross-posted from Alertnet A man casts a fishing net on the banks of the Mekong river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 8, 2011. REUTERS/Samrang Pring CHIANG RAI,...
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The Littlest “Climate Criminals”
Note: Instead of identifying the real underlying causes of climate chaos, governments are once again blaming small farmers and forest dwellers for worsening climate change–leading to displacements and...
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Laos to begin building hotly debated Xayaburi dam this week
By Emily Alpert, November 6 2012. Source: Los Angeles Times Laos plans to start building a dam on the Mekong River this week, a step that neighboring Cambodia and Vietnam fear could imperil fish and...
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Thailand: Judge clears Department of Agriculture in GMO trials
Note: Maybe we can learn from this GM contamination tragedy and stop the release of genetically engineered forest trees BEFORE it is too late. BEFORE the genie of contamination gets out of the bottle....
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Dams threaten Mekong basin food supply
By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau, June 20, 2013. Source: Inter Press Service The future of food security in the Mekong region lies at a crossroads, as several development ventures, including the Xayaburi...
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As dams loom, Mekong fishermen fear for their future
By Agence-France Presse, August 4, 2013. Source: France 24 The waters of the mighty Mekong have sustained generations of families but nowadays its fishermen often find their nets empty and fear...
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