In the Balance - Salween dams threaten ownstream communities in Burma
Organization: Mon Youth Progressive Organization

The Salween is Southeast Asia's longest free flowing river and one of Burma's most important waterways. For the hafl a million people living where the river meets the Andaman Sea, the Salween is a way of life interlinked with its seasonal flows and daily tides. However, Burmas military dictatorship, together with Thai and Chinese investors, is moving ahead with plans to dam the Salween. The communities living downstream have not been informed or consulted about the dam plans or their potential impacts, even though their lives stand to be permanently altered.