A stark contrast… International Rivers: The villagers in Boeung Xe Village, in the middle Xe Bang Fai River said “We are seriously concerned that water released from the dam will cause more severe flooding of our rice fields and tobacco gardens which are our main occupations. In the beginning, the company said they will build [...]
Archive for March, 2010
NT2: Who Should We Believe?
Posted: March 31, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN UpdatesTags: Climate Change, Dams, Lao PDR, Mekong River
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ASEAN Youth Movement Vol. 1 – Winter 2010
Posted: March 28, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN Youth Movement, Our WordsTags: Action!, Alternative Education, Burma, Cambodia, Climate Change, Dams, Human Rights, Mekong River, News, Peace, Philippines, Thailand, Youth & Media, Youth and Democracy, Youth voice in ASEAN
Thailand has been so cold lately!!! Here is our Winter Newsletter, with stories from friends all over ASEAN!
Laos’ Nam Theun 2 Dam Operation Illegal
Posted: March 23, 2010 by bennetthaynes in AlliesTags: Dams, Lao PDR
For immediate release March 23, 2010 Contact: Ikuko Matsumoto, +66-85-907-8450, ikuko@internationalrivers.org * Laos’ Nam Theun 2 Dam Operation Illegal* * Project begins selling power to Thailand in violation of Concession Agreement and obligations to affected communities* Laos’ largest and most controversial hydropower project, Nam Theun 2, began full operation last week in violation of legal [...]
Capacity Building and Networking for Sustainable Energy Development Across the Mekong Region
Posted: March 18, 2010 by bennetthaynes in AlliesTags: Biofuels, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Mekong River
Based in Bangkok, Thailand, The Mekong Energy and Ecology Network (MEE Net) was established in 2008, as a sister organization of Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA), under the legally registered Foundation for Ecological Recovery (FER). MEE Net has been working on energy related ecology issues in the Mekong Region, especially electricity structure, governance and policy reform towards [...]
จีนก็ตกเป็นจำเลยว่าสร้างเขื่อน
Posted: March 18, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN UpdatesTags: Climate Change, Dams, Mekong River
มูลนิธิ อาสาสมัครเพื่อสังคม (มอส.)เปิดรับบัณฑิตทางกฎหมายที่มีใจให้คนจน เพื่อเป็นอาสาสมัครนักกฎหมายสิทธิมนุษยชน รุ่น 5 วาระการทำงาน 1 ปี (กรกฎาคม 2553-มิถุนายน 2554)
Posted: March 18, 2010 by bennetthaynes in Allies, Opportunitiesคุณสมบัติ: – จบการศึกษาระดับปริญญาตรีทางด้านนิติศาสตร์ – อายุระหว่าง 20 – 30 ปี – รักความเป็นธรรม – มีความมุ่งมั่นในการทำงานเพื่อสังคม – สามารถทำงานจนครบวาระ 1 ปี กำหนดการ
Myanmar Youth Forum
Posted: March 15, 2010 by bennetthaynes in Allies, ASEAN Youth MovementTags: Burma, Events, Youth voice in ASEAN
From our friends in Myanmar! The youth network forum- Fundraising activity was held at Judson Center, Pyay Road on 27th February 2010. The activity was organized by youths from different youth led organizations. 20 youth organizations were participated in that event. The activity aimed to establish common fund for Myanmar Youth Forum, to introduce Myanmar [...]
Young Environmentalists Join Together to Save the Mekong นักสิ่ง แวดล้อมรวมตัวกันเพื่อ ปกป้องแม่นำ้โขง
Posted: March 13, 2010 by bennetthaynes in Allies, ASEAN Youth Movement, Our WordsTags: Dams, Mekong River
Young Environmentalists Join Together to Save the Mekong March 13, 2010 Can Tho, Vietnam The governments of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand are planning eleven large hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s mainstream. If built, the dams would block major fish migrations and disrupt this vitally important river, placing at risk millions of people who depend [...]
Youth in the 21st Century: Debating and Producing Media
Posted: March 8, 2010 by bennetthaynes in OpportunitiesTags: Youth & Media
About – http://www.idebate.org/youthmedia/ Youth in the 21st Century: Debating and Producing Media is a regional series of workshops that will be held during the summer and early autumn of 2010 throughout the world. Youth throughout the world increasingly are not only consumers of media information, but also producers of it. Through newly accessible tools of [...]
More on Generation Wave
Posted: March 8, 2010 by bennetthaynes in UncategorizedTags: Youh and democracy, Youth & Media
Burma’s youth rapping for change By Rachel Harvey BBC News, Mae Sot, Thailand http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8518137.stm?ad=1 This year looks set to be a crucial one for Burma. The military government plans to stage the first elections for 20 years and international attention is likely to be focused on the detained pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. [...]
