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| | Rivers Watch East & SE Asia |
 | | Himalayan glaciers are melting rapidly as a result of global warming, a phenomenon that will lead to flooding and later to a shortage of water in the Indian subcontinent and China, the WWF environmental organization said. | | | Meanwhile, a local environmental group in Chiang Kong in Chiang Rai province expressed strong disappointment that the government had allowed Chinese officials to conduct surveys on blasting of rapids near their community despite its recent policy of temporarily halting blasting... | | | This is the question that the Mekong River Commission will discuss today during an emergency meeting in Vietnam. |
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| | China's Plan for Dams Called Threat to Mekong River |
| | Flooding on the Mekong has killed hundreds of people in the past two years. | | | The governments of the commission are said to be too fearful of China to make any public protest about its development plans. | | | The Mekong also supports many different kinds of fish. |
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| | Mekong River Dam |
| | In order to coordinate the transnational nature of this massive project, the United Nations established the Mekong Committee. | | | However, dam building in Thailand has been opposed by local and international groups on a number of occasions for the very reasons that were cited above. | | | Also a number of mud-slides have been noticeable during the rainy season, which can alter the local environment immediately. |
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| | Asia Times: Mekong River's development may flow into conflict |
| | "The Chinese don't want to be told how the river should be developed," Van Beek said in an interview. | | | Kristensen says that more than membership or non-membership in MRC, all countries would need wider political understanding on key issues linked to the river. | | | Because of such unilateral acts, China's plans for its parts of the Mekong have emerged as a major worry among experts, environmentalists and activists. |
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| | BBC News ASIA-PACIFIC Mekong: 'Mother of rivers' |
| | The Mekong united the country's many ethnic groups. | | | As one Lao told me: "Its water is our blood." | | | You come away feeling the ever-present Mekong, the country's economic and spiritual lifeline, is the one thing you can be sure of. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1506000/1506086.stm
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| | Mekong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The members of the French Mekong Expedition of 1866 | | | Dams are also planned by the Cambodian and Lao governments. | | | The story of the film Apocalypse Now is based around a fictional journey up the Mekong River into Cambodia. |
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| | Mekong River |
| | From the 1860s up to the end of the last century, a dozen scientific expedition teams, financed and supported by some of the world's most famous geographic research organizations, such as the French Society of Geography and Britain's Royal Geographical Society, have attempted to resolve the question. | | | A Chinese scientist has discovered and pinpointed the source of the Mekong River, which passes through more countries than any other river in Asia, through the use of remote-sensing technology. | | | As a result of these expeditions, there were several hypotheses put forward with regard to the location of the river's source, and the river's length was estimated to be between 4,200 and 4,880 km. |
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| | McNeely (1975) has pointed out that some of the forested islands which will be left in the proposed Pa Mong Reservoir will be quite large. | | | Initial surveys were carried out between 1956 and 1963; a feasibility study was completed in 1971 and numerous follow-up studies have been conducted since then. | | | Three large projects have been implemented in Laos, and a further 64 projects are currently considered as feasible. |
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http://www.arcbc.org.ph/arcbcweb/wetlands/lao_PDR/lao_mekriv.htm
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| | Untitled Document |
| | Conservationist Chainarong Sretthachau, of the Southeast Asia Rivers Network, claimed that the EIA, carried out by officials from the four nations, was far below international standards. | | | MEKONG RIVER: Border issue with Laos needs to be settled firs | | | With a US$5 million (Bt209 million) outlay from China, two out of 11 sections along the river had been cleared in a Burma-Laos section, said Preecha who is also the secretary-general of the Joint Committee on Coordination for Commercial Navigation in the Lancang-Mekong River. |
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http://www.searin.org/Th/Mekong/Mek_rapid_nE5.htm
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| | International Rivers Network: Mekong |
| | Report reveals how the Mekong Power Grid violates ADB policies. | | | President of the World Bank, calling for release of key documents relating to the Nam Theun 2 Project in Lao PDR. | | | Known as the Mother of waters, the river supports one of the world’s most diverse fisheries, second only to the Amazon. |
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| | Faculty of Asian Studies: Mekong-studies links |
| | This "Special Mekong Issue" of its online newsletter discusses proposals to dam the Mekong, with a considerable amount of background and supporting material. | | | Established in November 1996, the Mekong Project Development Facility (MPDF) is managed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and funded by a number of donor agencies, as well as by the IFC. | | | The Commission replaced the Mekong Committee established in 1957 and the Interim Mekong Committee established in 1978. |
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| | IPS Our Mekong |
| | There was never a thought of race, hatred or discrimination between them. | | | BOUY Vannor, 46, is a victim of the heavy floods in 2000 in the Mekong Delta that killed 500 people, making it one of the worst floods in recent history. | | | VIENTIANE — Many people have heard of or believe in the water creatures known as Naga, and say there is evidence indicating their presence in the Mekong River. |
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| | International Rivers Network |
| | This November conference in Berlin will bring together experts, government representatives and activists with experience in working toward the implementation of the WCD recommendations. Read more... | | | This year we’re celebrating 20 years of working to protect rivers and the rights of communities affected by destructive river–development projects. | | | IRN supports local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds. |
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| | EIJ Summer 95: Mekong River Plan |
| | Please credit Earth Island Journal and send samples. | | | The impacts on the Mekong River, one of the world's most productive and diverse fisheries, would probably be severe. | | | According to IRN, the proposal (written by Canadian and French dam engineering firms) is based on flawed methodology and incomplete technical and economic analyses. |
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http://www.earthisland.org/journal/mekong.html
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| | The Water Page - Mekong River |
| | The primary Institution which has been established by the countries which are signatories to the Mekong Agreement is the Mekong River Commission (MRC). | | | The Mekong system is extremely complex and effects the lives of some 60 million people, many of whom are amongst the poorest in the world. | | | Cambodia, with 10 million people, is recovering from decades of war, and in the Mekong delta some 20 million Vietnamese live on some of the most highly productive agricultural land in the world. |
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| | Mekong River |
| | Following the organization of the Mekong Committee, information on the river was consolidated, and in the late 1960s a bibliography and atlas were published. | | | Several tributaries of the Sab rise in these uplands. | | | Navigational conditions on the Mekong's main stream and on some of its tributaries also have been improved through the activities of the Mekong Committee. |
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| | Mekong Mart. Naga fire balls`in Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River |
| | The Nagas are the mythical creatures of the Mekong. | | | At both places we saw it a boat went out into the misty river and couldn't be seen after it left the bank, but it wasn't where the rockets appeared from. | | | They appear to come from the water and go up possibly a hundred feet but that may be completely inaccurate as I wasn't thinking about it when we saw it. |
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| | CNN.com - Trying to save a catfish as big as a bear - Dec. 1, 2003 |
| | The fish is well known in the Mekong countries, where some people believe fishing for it has gone on thousands of years. | | | Some researchers believe that the fate of this legendary fish is a sign of things to come for other denizens of the 3,032-mile Mekong River, which is home to about 1,245 species, second only to the Amazon in terms of the biodiversity of its inland waterways. | | | His goal is to see how many of these catfish are left. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/12/01/cambodia.catfish.ap
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| | Mekong Delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This page was last modified 21:47, 29 September 2005. | | | There had also been a German heavy metal band under name Mekong Delta. | | | During the Vietnam War, the Delta region saw fighting between Viet Cong guerillas and units of the United States Navy operating in small river boats. |
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| | Mekong River Expeditions: Downstream - RV Mekong (River Cruises in Vietnam and Cambodia) |
| | This river is remarkable as it changes direction twice a year with the coming and parting of the monsoon. | | | Dating from the 8 th century, these ancient brick structures characterise the architecture of the Chenla Empire which pre-dated the glories of Angkor. | | | This river journey is a high light of the trip. |
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| | Origin of Mekong River |
| | But before doing so, she made a vow that the mute would repay for his abandoning her in his lives to come. | | | Later, they had a great fight becaue Suttho Naga became suspicious that his friend was not loyal to him. | | | Suttho Naga lived in Nongsae with his friend Suwan Naga. |
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http://www.seasite.niu.edu/lao/LaoFolkLiterature/Chapter2/PhadaengMekong.htm
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| | The Mekong River |
| | The history of adjustment began from the Mekong River Committee that organized under ECAFE of UN in 1957. | | | On the viewpoint of nation, the Mekong basin is under the complex social frameworks which can be reasoned from political system like, social republic, kingdom, republic, democratic. | | | Thailand has some areas of the Mekong River over the Kholart highland which located east part of the country. |
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| | First Descent of the Mekong River by Mick O'Shea on WetDawg.com |
| | As Mick traveled his way to the first navigable source of the Mekong, he grappled with an enraged Massif while on a nature call, with his pants down at his ankles... | | | Read about his recent foray into Cambodia and Vietnam where he discovered first-hand the precarious state of Mekong... | | | Mick and his team have recently completed their arduous journey to the source of the Mekong, high in the Himalaya and Mick has begun his four-month solo paddle. |
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http://www.wetdawg.com/pages/whitewater/kayaking_mekong/index_ww.php
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| | Mekong River Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Mekong River Commission (MRC) is an intergovernment body charged 'to promote and co-ordinate sustainable management and development of water and related resources for the countries' mutual benefit and the people's well-being by implementing strategic programmes and activities and providing scientific information and policy advice.' | | | The former Mekong Committee, dating back to 1957, had a different mandate and role focusing specifically on water resource development. | | | The MRC member countries agreed to co-operate in all fields of sustainable development, utilisation, management and conservation of the water and related resources of the Mekong River Basin, such as navigation, flood control, fisheries, agriculture, hydropower and environmental protection. |
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| | The Mekong River |
| | Mekong is the world's tenth-longest river at 2,600 miles. | | | river is navigable year-round, but some part of it are particularly difficult to pass through. | | | the early days of civilization in the region, the river has been a source of power also in the constant wars that have battered the region. |
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| | Mekong River Travel Story and Pictures from Laos |
| | The Laotians are very intelligent in their use of the river. | | | We were there during the dry season, and the river banks of the Mekong, just revealed by the lowering levels of the waters, had been turned into apparently fertile pieces of agricultural terraces. | | | That's why people were frantically working the lands, carrying water up from the river to irrigate their newly planted vegetables and fruits. |
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| | Asia Times |
| | This is the first in a series of exclusive reports on the Mekong: its promise, its challenges and the failures of those who control it. | | | International donors have poured some US$1 billion into countless reports, plans and studies on how to manage the Mekong. | | | The final article in Asia Times Online's exclusive series on the Mekong examines how logging in the ancient rain forests has affected the mighty river, and the people who depend on it. |
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| | Mekong River Project Targets Asia's Poorest Region |
| | After the region's recent decades of war and internal political strife, development of the Mekong River's resources will be a key to cope with the area's growing population set to reach 100 million people by 2025. | | | In an effort to address the area's poverty, the four nations signed a political cooperation agreement in 1995 to promote sustainable development under an umbrella organization called the Mekong River Commission. | | | Friday's meeting in Bangkok was a milestone for the commission in deciding which projects will enhance the Mekong River's importance to agriculture, transportation and communications. |
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| | If you tolerate this... - the Greenpeace weblog: Mekong river under attack |
| | This is probably the most sensitive issue in recent period involving so many riparian countries along one river - Mekong river. | | | Transboundary water issues have never been addressed in such a way: A lot of local, regional and international groups are now working together to save the rapids and shoals to be blasted. | | | - the Greenpeace weblog: Mekong river under attack |
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| | Greater Mekong Tourism |
| | As follow-up to the studies undertaken by ESCAP and with support of the Government of Japan, ADB has completed phases II and III of the Mekong/Lancang River planning project. | | | ADB also plans to provide funds for a programme to help establish and strengthen training units within national tourism organizations of the Greater Mekong subregion. | | | ESCAP and ADB jointly established a working group on the Greater Mekong Subregion tourism sector, comprising representatives of six national tourism organizations and international organizations. |
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| | Fish Catch In Mekong River Tributary Plummets 50 Percent |
| | PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The fish catch in a Cambodian tributary of the Mekong River has fallen by about 50 percent from last year because of small floods during the rainy season and low water levels, and other parts of the river could be facing similar problems, a biologist said. | | | The main reasons for the decline were smaller-than-normal floods during the wet season — which drives the production of fish — and low water levels during the dry season, Barlow said. | | | Sixty-five nets that straddle the Tonle Sap River brought in about 6,000 tons of fish during the November to mid-March fishing season, said Chris Barlow, manager of the Mekong River Commission's fisheries program. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Mekong (Southeast Asia Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia |
| | The falls are the site of a hydroelectric power station, part of the Mekong Scheme, a project undertaken by the United Nations in the early 1960s to develop the potentials of the lower Mekong basin. | | | The Mekong River Commission, whose members consist of Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, intends to pursue similar joint projects and to explore the establishment of fisheries and the construction of a trans-Indochinese roadway system. | | | From its marshy source (definitively identified in 1994) on the Rup-sa Pass in the highlands of Tibet, it rises as the Za Qu (Dza Chu) and flows generally S through Yunnan prov. |
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| | Regional drought to see Mekong River at lowest in Cambodia in a decade |
| | The Mekong River is poised to hit its lowest level in a decade in Cambodia due to regional drought, an official from a body representing the four governments in the river's basin said Monday. | | | He said the commission's data showed a steady and gradual decline in the Mekong's flow from China to Vietnam, indicating that massive Chinese dams were not responsible for the current low levels. | | | Over 60 million people live in the Mekong's basin area, around 80 percent of whom are farmers and fishermen depending directly on its natural resources. |
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| | ABC News: Thais catch 646-pound catfish in Mekong River |
| | Fishermen believe the catfish species has been declining largely because of dams and environmental damage along the Mekong River — home to more species of giant fish than any other river, said an earlier statement by WWF and the society. | | | The Mekong giant catfish was listed as critically endangered in 2003 after research showed its numbers had fallen by at least 80 percent in the past 13 years. | | | The nearly 9-foot-long Mekong giant catfish was landed May 1 by villagers in Chiang Khong, a remote district in northern Thailand, and weighed by Thai fisheries department officials, said Zeb Hogan, who leads an international project to locate and study the world's largest freshwater fish species. |
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| | Using remotely sensed data to detect changes of riverbank in Mekong River, Vietnam |
| | Derived from Tibet, Mekong River reaches Vietnam-Cambodia border at its last lower part and passes 250 km of the territory to end at the Eastern Sea with the two primary branches, Tien and Hau river (fig.1). | | | By time, till late 1980s and middle 1990s, a network of canals has been created for both navigation and irrigation, which divert the Mekong water for cultivation, located both in Vietnam as well in adjoining area in Cambodia. | | | Hydrology, geomorphology and geology make use of data obtained from their surveys as input in their mathematical modeling. |
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| | Up the Mekong (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia) |
| | This one is not on the river Kwai, but looks like it would belong. | | | We believe Julian was the proprietor, or else he was moving in and planned to plant some lemon grass on the property. | | | She took quite some time, very long hair. |
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| | Mekong Research |
| | Mekong Research prepares comprehensive trade reports that enable companies to identify the best strategies for exporting to the region. | | | Mekong Research owns a proprietary database containing eight years of business and investment data, and information on over 6,000 local and foreign-invested companies in the Mekong region. | | | For companies requiring a sales agent to assist with exports, Mekong Research has local and foreign staff to identify sales leads, meet with key prospects, negotiate contracts, generate purchase orders, and provide ongoing marketing support. |
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| | Mekong River Programme |
| | The Greater Mekong subregion environment programme is a step in the right direction in ensuring that development in the Mekong is not at the expense of its people and nature, said Kim Carstensen, WWF Denmark's Secretary-General. | | | Endangered Mekong Giant Catfish Released into their Natural Home | | | Mekong countries commit to environmentally sound economic development |
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http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/asia_pacific/where/indochina/mekong_river/index.cfm
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| | People's Daily Online -- Flood warnings expected for Mekong river |
| | Officials in all provinces along the Mekong have been working hard to prevent flood damage as much as possible by warning people ahead of time, Long Saravuth said. | | | Water levels in Kratie province are as high as 22 meters in some places, he said. | | | Water levels along the Mekong River are reaching emergency levels, and officials are expected to issue flood warnings in the coming days. |
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http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/16/eng20050816_202645.html
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| | Six Mekong River Countries Pledge Cooperation to Safeguard River |
| | But recently, environmentalists say rapid development in some countries is damaging. | | | Much of the region's 300 million people rely on the Mekong for transportation and food. | | | At the end of the summit Tuesday, the leaders of the six nations along one of the longest and richest rivers in the world agreed to create a conservation corridor along the Mekong. |
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http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-05voa106.cfm
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| | Jinghong Xishuangbanna Visit To Botanical Gardens |
| | Cruise Down The Mighty Yangtze River From Chungking To Wuhan. | | | On the banks of the Mekong River in Jinghong, Lancang Jiang in Chinese, grow dense and primeval forests in which we were told tigers stalked their prey. | | | Zhong and I walked half way across this bridge and he reminded me of another suspension bridge we crossed in Longzhou, which scared the living daylight out of me as it swayed at every step, yet local people were riding over it on bicycles. |
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http://www.beifan.com/024jhong/jinghong2.html
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| | Naga Fireball Phenomenon in Nong Khai Mekong River |
| | Naga Fireball Phenomenon in Nong Khai Mekong River | | | Mekong River - in Nong Khai Province, the prehistoric paintings at Pha Tam beside the Mekong or of the traditional boat races on the River, but these are only a few episodes from the story of the riverside. | | | Meanwhile, further inland gentle people are happy to show you their cultural legacy. |
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http://www.ash-hotel.com/siam/nongkhai_naga_fireballs.htm
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| | Mekong Express home page |
| | Mekong Express is an electronic footpath across the cradle of the Mekong. | | | Mouse click on top of any flag and visit that particular country. | | | Or mouse click anywhere on top of the central map, watch it explode, and mouse click again but this time on top of any country name and visit that particular country. |
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| | Mekong Delta |
| | This vast delta is formed by the deposition of the multiple tentacles and tributaries of the mighty Mekong River which has its origin in the Tibetan highland plateau 2,800 miles away. | | | From its source, the river makes its way through China, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam before flowing out into the South China Sea. | | | The Mekong's Vietnamese name, Cuu Long, means Nine Dragons for the nine mouths that terminate the flow of this great river as it is absorbed by the sea. |
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| | Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) - ADB.org |
| | In 1992, with ADB's assistance, the six countries entered into a program of subregional economic cooperation, designed to enhance economic relations among the countries. | | | The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) comprises Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. |
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| | MekongRiver Home Page |
| | This site presents essays written in Vietnamese, English, French or any other Western languages, and comprises also various synopsis, translations of important international documents on the Mekong River Basin and Links with related Web sites. | | | This site is an information resource dedicated to the Preservation of the Mekong River Ecosystem, to the Defense of the Mekong River People's Rights and to the promotion of Sustainability in all Developments involving the Mekong River Basin. | | | "MekongRiver" goals are to promote the exchange of information and opinion among scholars and students interested in the Mekong River Basin, in its diversified Ethnicity, Natural Resources, Environment, Agriculture, Industry, Economics, Culture, Lifestyle, Geography and History. |
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| | South East Asia Rivers Network |
| | That's why a group of Chiang Khong villagers is determined to get due respect for local wisdom concerning their homes and history; they want to take charge of their own lives. | | | The research addresses the following issues (1) fisheries, (2) river ecosystems, (3) plants and vegetation, (4) traditional fishing gears, (5) dry-season riverbank vegetable gardens and, (6) social, economic and cultural issues in local context. | | | Oon is among 143 Chiang Khong villagers from 13 riverside communities who teamed up to pool knowledge of the Mekong's complex ecosystems which have sustained them and their ancestors for centuries. |
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| | Oxfam Australia :: The Mekong and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| | With the Australian Government being a major donor to the ADB, we as taxpayers must ensure that our money is used well, and is not contributing to the undermining of people's rights." | | | Boats are often the only form of transport, other than walking, for many villages along the Mekong river. | | | Based in Manila, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development financial institution that works in the Asia/Pacific region. |
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