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On October 9, 2009 the Tanghpre Village Women’s Group made a public appeal to the military’s top official for Kachin State concerning the imminent construction of the Irrawaddy Myitsone Dam. The footage shows a representative of the group telling the Northern Commander "We do not want to move."
More and more dams around the world are being built by Chinese institutions. China's overseas dam industry is now involved in over 200 big dams and these projects often pose enormous environmental and social risks.
In this flash video, International River introduces some of the Chinese companies and financiers involved in dam building overseas, their overseas projects, and why it is important for these companies, as it is for dam builders everywhere, to adopt international standards in their overseas projects. View this page in: Chinese
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This 13-minute film provides a rare glimpse into the remote heart of Karenni State in eastern Burma and the life of the Yin Ta Lai, of whom only 1,000 remain. Footage depicts a unique cultural heritage and the biodiversity of deep rain forests which will be lost if the Salween dams are built. The film also includes interviews from the residents near Mobye Dam reservoir who had to flee and still have not received electricity. Released in May 2008.
