International conference
on "Mekong mainstream dams: People's voices across borders"
The international conference on "Mekong mainstream dams: People's
voices across borders" was held on 12-13 November 2008 at Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Main organisers of the conference included:
Foundation for Ecological Recovery (FER)/ Towards Ecological Recovery
and Regional Alliance (TERRA)
Thailand's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI)
The AMRC was one of the co-hosts for the conference and
organised a plenary on the 'Governance and Knowledge Role of the Mekong
River Commission (MRC) with respect to Mekong mainstream dams'. Below
are Mekong Briefs prepared by the AMRC as part of the conference as well
as presentations from the plenary on MRC. The conference programme, other
conference presentations and media related to the conference are available
here.
Mekong Briefs
Mekong Brief No.9 "What do MRC studies tell us about the implications
of Mekong mainstream dams for fisheries?
November 2008 (avaliable in English,
Thai,
Khmer,
Vietnamese,
Chinese)
Mekong Brief No.10 "The governance role of the MRC vis-a-vis Mekong
mainstream dams"
November 2008 (available in English,
Thai,
Khmer,
Vietnamese,
Chinese)
Presentations from plenary 4: Governance and
Knowledge Role of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) with
respect to Mekong
mainstream dams
MRC's
role in relation to the planning and implementation of mainstream dams
and its strategic framework,
By Jeremy Bird, CEO of MRC Secretariat
Current
status of knowledge on the fisheries impacts of mainstream dams and mitigation
options,
By Chris Barlow, Manager of MRC Fisheries Programme
Civil
society experience with MRC on tributary and mainstream dams,
By Montree
Chantawong, Thai People's Network for Mekong
MRC's
state of knowledge and state of governance with respect to mainstream
dams,
By Prof. Philip Hirsch, Australian Mekong Resource Centre (AMRC), School
of Geosciences, University of Sydney
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