Download - 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’
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/
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Mekong+River+fisherman&um=1&hl=th&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1020&bih=635&tbm=isch&tbnid=dmA2_xSjN7Fij
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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
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