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    Tagged: Salween

    Analysis Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story

    Ethnic communities protest dams risking lives, cultures and environments

    Ethnic communities across Burma are raising their voices to strongly oppose plans by the Burma government and the global hydropower industry to build large dams that threaten to destroy their lives and livelihoods.

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    Salween dam assessment continues, despite opposition

    Activists say an environmental and social impact assessment for the proposed Naung Pha dam is being carried out without a public announcement to avoid protests that have plagued other dam projects.

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    The Last Undammed River – Saving the Salween

    A new documentary from DVB examines efforts to save one of Asia’s last freely flowing rivers from the potentially devastating impact of planned mega-dams.

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    Burma closes river ports to Thailand ahead of election

    Only the official border checkpoint at the Thailand-Burma Friendship Bridge between Mae Sot and Myawaddy remains open.

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    Reward and ruin on the Salween River

    The Mong Ton dam, proposed for construction along the Salween River, has been pitched as a sustainable way of providing electricity to citizens. But local communities remain skeptical of the benefits.

    A map of all the proposed dams along the Salween basin. (PHOTO: International Rivers).

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    Burma, Thailand, China sign MoU for Salween dam

    Thailand, China and Burma are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding for the development of the Mong Ton hydropower project Salween River this year.

    DVB Debate: ‘Who benefits when the rivers are dammed?’ video

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    DVB Debate: ‘Who benefits when the rivers are dammed?’

    Millions of Burmese households remain in the dark, with only one third having access to regular electricity. More dams will mean more electricity, but where will it flow?

    Karen refugees pushed back from Thailand video

    Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News Video

    Karen refugees pushed back from Thailand

    Karen villagers are again in limbo on the Thai-Burmese border, having fled conflict in eastern Burma.

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    Govt says Tasang dam will benefit Burma

    Deputy Minister of Electric Power Maung Thar Thwe fielded questions about the controversial Tasang hydropower project during a lower house parliamentary session on Tuesday, assuring the house that the project will be implemented with a focus on domestic needs.

    Environment News

    189 groups urge halt to ‘intimidating’ Salween dam

    Nov 23, 2009 (DVB), Burmese and Thai activists today urged both the Thai premier and a regional human rights body to cancel plans for a dam on the Salween river[…]

    Environment News

    Dam forcibly displaces 15,000 Burmese

    Aug 5, 2009 (DVB), The construction of the unfinished Tasang dam in eastern Burma has already forced around 15,000 people into refugee camps in neighbouring Thailand, according to a report[…]

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    Bulldozing Burma’s rivers

    JJ KimJuly 28, 2009 (DVB), Intense militarization of Burma's river areas is a byproduct of the government's near obsession with hydropower, for which the only benefits will be felt by[…]

    Environment Features (OLD)

    Bulldozing Burma’s rivers

    JJ KimJuly 28, 2009 (DVB), Intense militarization of Burma's river areas is a byproduct of the government's near obsession with hydropower, for which the only benefits will be felt by[…]

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    Dams on Burma’s Salween will destroy lives, warn Mon youths

    May 08, 2007 (DVB)

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