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#Mekong have been collecting river weed, or khai, #for decades, but their harvest has fallen since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.

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#Mekong have been collecting river weed, or khai, #for decades, but their harvest has fallen since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.#Thailand, October 29, 2019. Photo by Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun #Kam Thon and other women who #live by the 

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#Thailand, October 29, 2019. Photo by Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun #Kam Thon and other women who #live by the #Mekong have been collecting river weed, or khai, #for decades, but their harvest has fallen since China 

#Mekong have been collecting river weed, or khai, #for decades, but their harvest has fallen since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.#Thailand, October 29, 2019. Photo by Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun #Kam Thon and other women who #live by the 

#Thailand, October 29, 2019. Photo by Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun #Kam Thon and other women who #live by the #Mekong have been collecting river weed, or khai, #for decades, but their harvest has fallen since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.

#Mekong have been collecting river weed, or khai, #for decades, but their harvest has fallen since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.

#China Sea for about 4,350 km (2,700 miles), the #Mekong is a farming and fishing lifeline for tens of millions of people across China, Laos, 

#of risks." In response to such concerns, the #Mekong River Commission Secretariat said the MRC - which it #oversees - conducts social impact assessments, and monitors river flow and water quality for #changes that could affect agriculture or 

#of risks." In response to such concerns, the #Mekong River Commission Secretariat said the MRC - which it 

#Mekong have been collecting river weed, or khai, for decades, but their harvest has fallen since #China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.

 bag slung on her shoulder. #Kam Thon, who lives in Chiang Khong by the 

#Thai-Laos border, said she only makes only about a third of what she used to earn when the #Mekong’s waters ran low in the dry season an

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#China Sea for about 4,350 km (2,700 miles), the #Mekong is a farming and fishing lifeline for tens of millions of people across China, Laos, 

#Thai-Laos border, said she only makes only about a third of what she used to earn when the #Mekong’s waters ran low in the dry season and 

more than 100 meters tall - since 1995 on the #Mekong, which it calls the Lancang

#China has also built at least 95 hydroelectric dams on tributaries flowing into the Mekong. #Dozens more are planned in China, which is also

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a #dozen dams - including five mega-dams each 

more than 100 meters tall - since 1995 on the #Mekong, which it calls the Lancang.

a #dozen dams - including five mega-dams each 

more than 100 meters tall - since 1995 on the #Mekong, which it calls the Lancang.

#livelihood, but adaptation comes with its own set of risks." In response to such concerns, the #Mekong River 

 harvest every day," she said.

"I need to gather as much as I can, when I can.

Dam monitor could help Mekong countries put China on notice #Dam monitor could help #Mekong countries put China on notic

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Dam monitor could help Mekong countries put China on notice #Dam monitor could help #Mekong countries put China on notice