Irrawaddy Dolphins

Rare dolphin and orangutan species found deep in the jungles of ...

Mekong river hydroelectric dam threatens livelihoods and ...

Galveston Reads announces finalists for 2010

Galveston County Daily News, TX
Published in 2005, the book is told from the perspective of its two main characters, Kanai Dutt, a Delhi businessman, and Piya Roy, an American scientist of Indian descent who has come to study the rare Irrawaddy dolphin. • “The Septembers of Shiraz” ...

Dams in Laos threaten Asia's largest waterfall, critically ...

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CSR Asia, Hong Kong
(The Jakarta Post, March 12) With its picturesque waterfalls, tranquil waterways and a colony of the endangere Irrawaddy dolphins, the Mekong river flowing through Siphandone (Four Thousand Islands) in southern Laos is about to change. ...

In the paper: March 20 issue

Guardian Weekly, UK
We've much more environmental coverage inside: from plans for a Laos dam on the Mekong that has conservationists gravely concerned about fish stocks and the fate of the gravely endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population there, to more positive news from ...

Upstream or downstream, we all have the same mother

Nation Multimedia, Thailand
Building mainstream dams would push already endangered species such as the Irrawaddy dolphin, the Mekong giant catfish and countless other migratory fish species to the brink of extinction; losing this ecological wealth would be a tragedy of global ...

Dams to hurt Mekong food stocks

Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
The group says the mainstream dams would push endangered species found in Cambodia, including the Irrawaddy Dolphin and Giant Catfish, to the brink of extinction. "By changing a river's hydrology and water quality, blocking fish migration and ...
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