Burma Rivers Network is comprised of organizations representing various dam-affected communities in Burma . Our mission is to protect the health and biodiversity of river ecosystems, and to protect the rights of communities negatively impacted by large-scale river development. We seek a country in which the rights of peoples and communities to their rivers and natural resources are respected, protected, and promoted.

We believe that consumption and distribution of resources must be based on principles of ecological sustainability and social justice.

The Ethnic community Development Forum (ECDF), comprising seven community development organizations from Burma , was founded in 2004 to promote grassroots, participatory, and sustainable development.

The members of ECDF are the Karen Office of relief and Development, Karenni Docial Welfare and Development Centre, Kachin Development Network Group, Shan Relief and Development Committee, Mon Relief and Development Committee, Network for Chin Community Development and the All Arakan Student and Youth Congress.

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KDNG is a network of Kachin civil society groups and development organizations inside Kachin State and overseas that was set up in 2004. KDNG’s purpose is to effectively work for sustainable development together with locally-based organizations in Kachin State. Its aim is to promote a civil society based on equality and justice for the local people in the struggle for social and political change in Burma. KDNG members are Kachin Enviromental Organization (KEO), All Kachin Student and Youth Union (AKSYU)
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The Karenni Development Research Group (KDRG) is a forum which consists of nine civil society groups. It is a focal point for these groups to meet and debate about the negative effects of the development projects which have been implemented inside Karenni as well as mega-development projects which are being planned by Burma’s military dictatorship with its counterparts, investors and neighboring governments. 

NY Forum is an independent and non-profit youth forum serving the ethnic nationalities of Burma , uniting a network of youth organizations in and around the Thai-Burma border. NY Forum stands for political policies of ethnic alliance and works to create equality, national reconciliation and solidarity among the ethnic nationalities of Burma . NY Forum strives to establish mutual understanding among ethnic nationality youths.

NY Forum was established to uphold basic democratic principles, by offering opportunities for human rights education and capacity building to ethnic youth communities. NY Forum also promotes knowledge sharing between generations to fulfill the desire of ethnic youths for a genuine, peaceful federalism.

Salween Watch was formed in February 1999 and is a coalition of organizations and NGOs that work on Burma-related and environmental issues. It was set up with the primary aim of preventing the building of harmful hydroelectric power dams on the Salween River . The group members aim to inform and raise awareness to the local and international communities about the impacts of the proposed hydropower development projects in the Salween Basin .

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In association with Mekong Alumni Students

The Save the Mekong coalition was formed in response to growing public concern about the effects big dams would have on the Mekong's migratory fish stocks, regional food security, and the livelihoods of millions of people. The coalition is open to non-government organizations, community groups, academics, artists and ordinary citizens within the Mekong region and internationally, anyone who shares a concern about the future of one of the world's greatest river systems.

Save the Mekong aims to do two things:

• raise public awareness about the risks associated with damming such an important international river
• persuade policymakers to adopt more sustainable and peaceful ways of meeting people's energy and water needs

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