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Author Sluiter, Liesbeth.

Title The Mekong currency : lives and times of a river / photography and text by Liesbeth Sluiter ; introduction by Gráinne Ryder
Published Utrecht, The Netherlands : International Books, [1993]
©1993

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Description 167 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cm
Summary Liesbeth Sluiter, writer and photo-journalist, spent a year following the Mekong and capturing the portraits in this book. Grainne Ryder, water resources engineer, works with the Project for Ecological Recovery in Thailand. They ask the reader to discover the issues. Above all, they invite us to look at the Mekong from the perspective of the farmers and fishers, whose livelihoods are sustained by the Mekong, who know the river's currency best and value it for all it is worth
The Mekong Currency; lives and times of a river captures in poignant texts and intimate photo's the life of South-East Asia's mightiest river. Millions of people in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam enjoy its wealth of fish, floodwaters and fertile mudplains. The river and its people are under direct threat. Prestigious dam projects are planned, which will alter the character of the river, affect the supply of water downstream, and force hundreds of thousands of people to resettle. The economic benefits of the dam projects are dubious. Controversy on the value of dams rages both in the North and the South, as the wealth generated by large dams usually flows to urban and industrial elites and influential landowners, at the expense of rural communities
Bibliography Bibliography: page 167
Subject Dams -- Environmental aspects -- Mekong River.
Environmental responsibility -- Mekong River Valley.
Environmental responsibility -- Mekong River.
SUBJECT Indochina http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065716 -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005752
Mekong River Valley http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006485 -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005752
Mekong River http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083357 -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736
Mekong River http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083357 -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005752
Mekong River http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083357 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Author Ryder, Gráinne, 1960-
Project for Ecological Recovery (Thailand)
ISBN 9062249892