Thai Villagers Protest the Crisis Threatening the Mekong - Xayaburi Dam

Thai villagers protest Laos' illegal construction of the Xayaburi Dam during the Asia Europe Summit in Vientiane on 5 November 2012.

 

Photo by Pianporn Deetes/International Rivers.

 

Sixty million people live in the lower Mekong Basin and their livelihoods and cultures are intimately connected with the Mekong River’s natural cycles. Boasting one of the world’s most diverse and productive inland fisheries, the Mekong supplies people with about 80% of their protein needs.

 

Learn more about the campaign to stop Xayaburi Dam and Save the Mekong River at: www.internationalrivers.org/node/2284.

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