Mekong River part 3 Save the Mekong

Brainstorm Race

Brainstorm Race

• What do you remember in your last lesson?

Brainstorm Race

• What do you remember in your last lesson? • Work with your group from yesterday

Brainstorm Race

• What do you remember in your last lesson? • Work with your group from yesterday• Brainstorm what you’ve learnt about the Mekong

Brainstorm Race

• What do you remember in your last lesson? • Work with your group from yesterday• Brainstorm what you’ve learnt about the Mekong• You’ve got 4 minutes so DO it as fast as you can

Brainstorm Race

• What do you remember in your last lesson? • Work with your group from yesterday• Brainstorm what you’ve learnt about the Mekong• You’ve got 4 minutes so DO it as fast as you can• NO TALKING!!!!!!!

Brainstorm Race

• What do you remember in your last lesson? • Work with your group from yesterday• Brainstorm what you’ve learnt about the Mekong• You’ve got 4 minutes so DO it as fast as you can• NO TALKING!!!!!!!• Then present it to the class

Transnational Cooperation

•Established in 1995 between Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam

•Assist in management and use of the Mekong

•The only inter-governmental agency working with government of each country

•Joint management of shared water resources & sustainable development

•Established in 1995 between Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam

•Assist in management and use of the Mekong

•The only inter-governmental agency working with government of each country

•Joint management of shared water resources & sustainable development

•Established in 1995 between Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam

•Assist in management and use of the Mekong

•The only inter-governmental agency working with government of each country

•Joint management of shared water resources & sustainable development

Mekong Under Threat

•Granted approval to investigate 11 dams on the Mekong

•11 dams are claimed to harm river’s ecology

•Block fish migration•Loss of local people’s income

Mekong Mainstream Dam Plans

Mekong Mainstream Dam Plans

Mekong Mainstream Dam Plans

• 7 dams in Laos• 2 dams in Cambodia• 2 dams on Thai-Lao borders

• Over 14,000 megawatts of electricity

• Sent to Thailand and Vietnam

Don Sahong Dam

• July 2009, 9 dams were at feasibility stage

• Don Sahong and Xayaburi Dam were at detailed design stage (2013 and 2020)

• Don Sahong Dam will block fish migration

Don Sahong Dam

• July 2009, 9 dams were at feasibility stage

• Don Sahong and Xayaburi Dam were at detailed design stage (2013 and 2020)

• Don Sahong Dam will block fish migration

Siphandone

• Characterized by numerous islands, wide river with deep pools, narrow channels, rapid, small islets

• Migratory species move upriver to deep pools in Siphandone area

• Up to 75% of Tonle Sap fish migrate to Siphandone during dry season

Siphandone

• Characterized by numerous islands, wide river with deep pools, narrow channels, rapid, small islets

• Migratory species move upriver to deep pools in Siphandone area

• Up to 75% of Tonle Sap fish migrate to Siphandone during dry season

Siphandone

• Characterized by numerous islands, wide river with deep pools, narrow channels, rapid, small islets

• Migratory species move upriver to deep pools in Siphandone area

• Up to 75% of Tonle Sap fish migrate to Siphandone during dry season

Siphandone

• Characterized by numerous islands, wide river with deep pools, narrow channels, rapid, small islets

• Migratory species move upriver to deep pools in Siphandone area

• Up to 75% of Tonle Sap fish migrate to Siphandone during dry season

Siphandone

• Characterized by numerous islands, wide river with deep pools, narrow channels, rapid, small islets

• Migratory species move upriver to deep pools in Siphandone area

• Up to 75% of Tonle Sap fish migrate to Siphandone during dry season

Siphandone

• Characterized by numerous islands, wide river with deep pools, narrow channels, rapid, small islets

• Migratory species move upriver to deep pools in Siphandone area

• Up to 75% of Tonle Sap fish migrate to Siphandone during dry season

Video Clip: Save the Mekong

http://youtu.be/ZhdHvPfKkoA

• Watch the clip ‘save the Mekong’

Don Sahong Dam

http://youtu.be/ZhdHvPfKkoA

Summarize from the Clip

Answer the questions

Dam or No Dam?

•Brainstorming on....

•What are positive aspects of dam?

•What are negative aspects of dam?

http://www.mrcmekong.org/about-the-mrc/

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http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-mekong-river-survival-for-millionshttp://tonlesap.net/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5039980

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEASTASIAPACIFIC/Resources/226262-1151703454492/Mekong_MWRAS_hydromap.gif

http://www.cambodiancommunityday.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=80

http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20070307&t=2&i=444980&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=444980http://thailand.prd.go.th/thailand_illustrated/content.php?s_id=287

http://www.laos-guide-999.com/vientiane-boat-racing-festival.html

http://www.parish-without-borders.net/cditt/cambodia/culture/waterfest2.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TonleSapMap.png

http://www.srisiamholidays.com/images/stories/Cambodia/Maps/cambodia%20wetland.gif

http://images.smh.com.au/2010/06/25/1644221/Mekong-Fishing-net-420x0.jpg

References