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Dam Construction Is Set to Destroy the 'Mother of all Rivers'

Aviva Imhof, AlterNet. April 14, 2011.

A series of dams proposed along the Mekong River threaten 41 fish species with extinction and puts the livelihoods of nearly half a million people at risk.

The Coming Crisis Over the Mekong: Unconstrained Development, Natural Droughts and Climate Change

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. April 8, 2010.

While the Middle East has the longest history of water-related violence by far, my biggest worries today are elsewhere: in Asia.

The Damming of the Mekong: Major Blow to an Epic River

Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360. June 22, 2009.

China is now building a series of dams that will restrict its natural flow and threaten the sustenance of tens of millions of Southeast Asians.