The great gamble on the Mekong

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"The Mekong is one of world's great rivers, flowing through six countries and sustaining the lives of 65 million people. Today it is under dire threat from a cascade of hydro-electric dams. This gr...

"The Mekong is one of world's great rivers, flowing through six countries and sustaining the lives of 65 million people. Today it is under dire threat from a cascade of hydro-electric dams. This great river, the lifeblood of countless generations of Cambodian, Lao,Thai and Vietnamese is in great danger from two dam projects The Xayaburi dam is under construction, despite massive regional opposition from civil society and from Cambodia and Vietnam. The Don Sahong dam-- the 2nd dam on the Lower Mekong, the Lao government plans to launch in early 2015. This film shows how the battle to save the Mekong by NGOs, scientists and two riparian governments is hotting up. The dam-site is only 2 km from the great Khone Phapeng waterfall and set amidst the fabulous wetlands of Four Thousand Islands that cries out to be a protected area under the Ramsar Convention."--Publisher's website.

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