This presentation is created to be used in an on-line teaching course of Southeast Asian Studies. This course is offered only to a group of wonderful students of Lodi High School, Wisconsin, USA.

1. Brainstorm Race

2. Brainstorm Race
• What do you remember in your last lesson?

3. Brainstorm Race
• What do you remember in your last lesson?
• Work with your group from yesterday

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

5. 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

6. 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!!!!!!!

7. 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

8. Transnational Cooperation

9. •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

10. •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

11. •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

12. 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

13. Mekong Mainstream Dam Plans

14. Mekong Mainstream Dam Plans

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Video Clip: Save the Mekong
http://youtu.be/ZhdHvPfKkoA
• Watch the clip ‘save the Mekong’

25. Don Sahong Dam
http://youtu.be/ZhdHvPfKkoA

26. Summarize from the Clip

27. Answer the questions

28. Dam or No Dam?
•Brainstorming on....
•What are positive
aspects of dam?
•What are negative
aspects of dam?

29. 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
M:&imgrefurl=http://www.britannica.com/bps/media-view/
92881/1/0/0&docid=oAm2SyrwTYRwNM&imgurl=http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media//
21/93121-050-878F4D70.jpg&w=1600&h=1097&ei=6_m_TvHJMonLrQfv9IW_AQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=710&
vpy=306&dur=2164&hovh=186&hovw=271&tx=174&ty=97&sig=106310772108964024319&page=1&tbnh=135&t
bnw=153&start=0&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0
http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-mekong-river-survival-for-millions
http://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=444980
http://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