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	Mun River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mun River (Thai: แม่น้ำมูล) is a tributary of the Mekong river.
		The controversial Pak Mun dam is located near the confluence.
		The Mun river's main tributary is the Chi River, which flows into it in Kanthararom district of Sisaket province.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mun_River (138 words)

	Thailand Case Study: Pak Mun Dam - Executive Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Pak Mun report is one of 8 case studies undertaken world-wide with a common methodology and approach that sought to inform the Commission on the performance and the development effectiveness of large dams.
		The Pak Mun Dam is built on the Mun River, 5.5km upstream from its confluence with the Mekong, in the province of Ubon Ratchathani, in Northeast Thailand.
		Pak Mun project happened to be the first run-off-river type dam, with no reservoir and thus impacts due to flood and resettlement were not assumed to be as serious as those of other big dam projects in the region.
	www.dams.org /kbase/studies/th/th_exec.htm (6357 words)

	Travel to Thailand. Visit Thailand. Hotels Thailand. Amazing Thailand - tourism in Thailand.
		In contrast to the north-south flow of most Thai rivers, the Mun and Chi seek out the Mekong River in the east Thailand's last travel frontier and Isan's ultimate key to prosperity the "Gateway to Indochina" Culture, traditions and travel routes flow like the rivers towards the mighty Mekong.
		To the west and south of this ancient plateau, the narrow mountain ranges of Phang Hoei and Dangrek are the natural borders that separate the Northeast from the central and northern regions of Thailand and neighbouring Cambodia.
		Rivers like the Mun and Chi are the lifelines for the sandy arid plateau - the cultural link with neigh- bors is through festivals and sports.
	www.travelthailand.com /isan/html/introduction.htm (911 words)

	Pak Mun Dam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Mun River is the largest tributary of the Mekong River and provides fish, vegetables and water for millions of people in northeastern Thailand.
		The 136 MW Pak Mun Dam, which was completed in 1994, was built by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand with US$24 million in financing from the World Bank.
		Pak Mun villagers and the Assembly of the Poor, the largest people’s organization in Thailand, are demanding that the Pak Mun Dam be decommissioned and the river restored.
	www.searin.org /Th/pmd_en.htm (322 words)

	Villager Research on the Impacts of Opening Pak Mun Dam \| October 2002
		Fisheries are flourishing along the Mun River and people's livelihoods are starting to recover since the Thai government opened the gates of the Pak Mun Dam in June 2001.
		Many physical features of the Mun River were submerged when the dam was built and have started to recover since the dam gates were opened.
		This research is a confirmation that crises and disputes in managing the Mun River basin can be turned into opportunities if the power of managing resources is shared with all people rather than having one group of people monopolizing this power.
	www.nadir.org /nadir/initiativ/agp/free/imf/asia/mundam.htm (1038 words)

	History of Giant Mekong Catfish
		The capture of a giant catfish in the Moon river early this year, the first after the dam was built in June 1994, might hint at linkage between the dam's impact on the fish's migratory route and spawning grounds, said Mr Hogan.
		The fish is migratory, transboundary, and endemic to the Mekong River.
		It is assumed that this king of fish migrated to the Mun River during opening the Pak Mun dam gates last year.
	geocities.com /zoomfishing/History.html (1477 words)

	Shing Mun River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shing Mun River, or Shing Mun River Channel, is a river in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China.
		In the 1970s, the Tide Cove was drained and turned to a Sha Tin New Town, the Shing Mun River was extended through a 7 km long, 200 m wide artificial channel in the middle of the area to flow into Tolo Harbour.
		Although the Shing Mun River is primarily designed for the drainage of stormwater from Sha Tin with a catchment area of 37km², it is also a popular place for recreational users such as rowers, anglers, riverside walkers and cyclists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shing_Mun_River (436 words)

	A Thai Dam, A Mistake, A Debt
		The dam, which was completed in 1994, decimated the abundant fisheries of the Mun River, thereby destroying the villagersí primary source of livelihood.
		Theyíre demanding that the Pak Mun Dam gates be permanently opened and the Mun River ó largest tributary of the Mekong River ó be restored.
		It was controversial from the outset due to its predicted impacts on river fisheries.
	www.lightparty.com /Misc/ThaiDam.html (783 words)

	Pak Mun Dam Campaign: The Struggle for the Mun River: Community Impacts (Part II)
		The whole series of rapids along the Mun River affected by the dam were the biggest in the Mun.
		The World Commission on Dams Pak Mun scoping paper reports that 16 Mun River rapids were inundated and that ecological impacts on a further 14 natural rapids have not been assessed.
		Village accounts from Pak Mun reveal that the Saphue rapids upstream of the dam are only visible three months out of the year and that villagers are hired to clean the algae, clay and silt that now accumulates on the rocks after the reservoir level is lowered.
	www.irn.org /programs/pakmun/rep.07comm2.shtml (1227 words)

	Hydroelectric Dam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Siridhorn dam was constructed across the Lam Dom Noi River, a tributary of the Mun River at Kaeng Sae Noi in sirindhorn district, Ubon Ratchathani province.
		Pak Mun hydroelectric project was developed in 1990 with an aim to optimize the hydropower potential from the Mun River.
		Pak Mun dam was built across the Mun River at Ban Hua Heo in Khong Chiam district, Ubon Ratchathani province.
	www.egat.co.th /english/dams/hydroelectric_dam.htm (1620 words)

	Mun River Sightseeing : Thailand Travel Guide : About Thailand : Isan : Mun River : To Do & See : Places
		A thousand years ago the Mun River valley was close to the heart of the Khmer Empire at Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
		The settlements of the Mun River valley are rich in handicrafts.
		Mun River at Satuk on the first weekend of November.
	www.siamwanderer.com /Regions/Isan/mun21.html (1624 words)

	Our Mekong \| Mekong Through the IPS Wire
		He and other villagers along the Mun river in Rasi Salai struggled for years against the devastating impact of the Rasi Salai dam, which changed their lives forever.
		The dam also blocked fish migration routes and the livelihoods of fishing folk along the river, and destroyed the largest freshwater swamp in the Mun river basin.
		Though the government allowed the river to run free in July 2000, this was not a permanent decision or commitment.
	www.ipsnews.net /mekong/IPSWire/rivers.html (697 words)

	MEKONG SUNRISE - Adventure Travel - The First Sunrise of The Land - December 1, 2005 - January 31, 2006
		The name may be deceptive as the terrain is a sheer miracle of nature born of the Mun River and the Phanom Dong Rak mountain chain south of the river which forms the border of Thailand in the northeastern corner.
		The Mun River originates from the San Kamphaeng mountain range in Nakhon Ratchsima province and flows towards Ubon Ratchathani province to join the Mekong River.
		The contrast is most distinctive in April and the best vantage points to view the phenomenon is by the mouth of the Mun River at Ban Woen Buek, by the Pak Mun Dam, the stretch of the Mekong in the front of Khong Chiam Temple, or at Ban Huai Mak.
	www.tatnews.org /events/events/dec/2388.asp (1125 words)

	Shing Mun River (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		'''Shing Mun River''' (城門河) is a river in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
		When the Sha Tin Hoi is reclamed and turned to a new town, the Shing Mun River is extended through an 7km long, 200m wide artificial channel in the middle of the area and flows into Tolo Harbour.
		Although the Shing Mun River is primarily designed for the drainage of stormwater from Sha Tin with a catchment area of 37km², it is also a popular place for recreational users such as rowers, riverside walkers and cyclists.
	shing-mun-river.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (472 words)

	:: Malaya - The National Newspaper :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was one of the many hard lessons learned at Thailand’s Pak Mun Dam, a minnow as dams go, but it casts a long and costly shadow over Asia’s water wars.
		Unable to adjust to life away from the river, some families abandoned the new homes they received as compensation and moved away to seek jobs or better land to grow crops.
		Of the 256 species found in the river before the dam, 100 have disappeared, say local fishermen who want the sluice gates opened all year round instead of the current 4 months.
	www.malaya.com.ph /jun30/trav1.htm (609 words)

	the Mun River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The largest tributary of the Mekong, the Mun River and its tributaries flows through Northeastern Thailand with a length of 3,200 kilometer.
		Livelihoods of the 10 million population living in the river basin depend on the richness of riverine ecosystems and natural resources.
		Suffering for decades, a movement of affected people in the river basin was created to voice their concern against such development and to highlight their struggles.
	www.searin.org /munriver_en.htm (219 words)

	Tara Wesely, Rivers for Life meeting \| Grist \| Dispatches \| 01 Dec 2003
		Tara Wesely is attending the Rivers for Life meeting in Thailand.
		The crew from Pak Mun (a dam-affected community we will visit later in the week) was noticeably efficient -- clearly, they have had practice, having built long-lasting Mun River Village #1 (Ban Mae Man Yuen Nueng) to protest the construction of the Pak Mun dam in their community.
		Susanne Wong of International Rivers Network, one of the many meeting organizers, and I went in search of someone who could walk us to the Mun River (Mae nam mun) so we could mark the walk with blue ribbon and signs for the participants.
	www.grist.org /comments/dispatches/2003/12/01/wesely-aveda/index.html (563 words)

	Ubon Ratchathani province of Thailand
		It is in the Mun rivernear the district office, about 45 km to the east of Ubon city center, on the left hand side of highway 217.
		It is a big stone platform lying across the Mun river, causing the water flow to take the form of beautiful waterfalls.
		The Bi-Colored River or the Mun river's alluvium is the place where two rivers: The brown Mekhong and the blue Mun rivers.
	trekthailand.8k.com /ubon (1010 words)

	Global Greengrants Fund :: News & Grants :: Grantee Profiles
		The people of the Mun River, in northeastern Thailand, once lived simple, self-sustaining lives growing rice in small terraced fields, planting vegetable gardens along the riverbanks and fishing in the river.
		In 2003, Rivers for Life: the Second International Meeting of Dam-Affected People and their Allies, organized by International Rivers Network, SEARIN and the Assembly of the Poor, was held in Thailand along the Mun River.
		Because of the Pak Mun Dam, villagers living along the Mun are at grave risk of losing forever the traditional ways of life that have supported them and bound them together in communities.
	www.greengrants.org /grantstories.php?print=1&&news_id=52 (1071 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| SPECIAL REPORT > After everything is added up, Thai dam not worth the cost
		In the case of Pak Mun Dam, it is obvious that the opinions of communities in the affected areas never really figured in the planning process.
		Records show that studies on the feasibility of tapping the Pak Mun for hydroelectric power generation have been conducted by various groups since 1967 when the French consulting firm SOFRELEC was commissioned by Thailand’s National Energy Authority for that purpose.
		On a hill overlooking Pak Mun Dam is a settlement of families that have sustained a protest movement against the EGAT project.
	www.manilatimes.net /others/special/2002/nov/29/20021129spe1.html (3018 words)

	ISDSI: Rivers: Human Rights and the Environment
		Both rivers have active communities working on the struggle to restore or preserve their ways of life.
		On-river studies of fish and fishing communities, extended time learning from local people and local environments about riparian and river ecology, discussions with local people about the politics and organizing around dam building and river preservation.
		Ubon Ratchathani (Issan, or Northeast Thailand) on the Mun River, Phrea (Northern Thailand) on the Yom river.
	www.isdsi.org /rivers.html (350 words)

	International Rivers Network: Pak Mun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Today, International Rivers Network is working with Pak Mun villagers and the Assembly of the Poor to demand that the Pak Mun dam be decommissioned and the river restored.
		In a victory for villagers, the Thai government agreed to open the dam gates in June 2001 while studies were conducted on fisheries, social impacts and the impact of the dam on Thailand’s electricity supply.
		Villagers affected by Pak Mun are finalizing research that shows fisheries are flourishing and people are regaining their livelihoods and dignity since the gates were opened in June 2001.
	irn.org /programs/pakmun (574 words)

	River Pressreleases international 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Holding a 14-month-long demonstration next to the Pak Mun Dam since March 23rd, 1999, at 2.00 am of May 15th, 2000, 2,500 villagers, who are members of the Assembly of the Poor at the Mae Mun Man Yeun Village No.1, occupy the crest of Pak Mun dam and the fish ladder.
		The fish ladder, which was proposed to be a solution to the fish's breeding, could not be a substitution to natural river for fish to migrate upstream to breed in the Mekong river.
		The Pak Mun Dam has destroyed the river's abundance and livelihood of local fishermen and the >fish ladder could not be a substitution to the natural migration route of fish.
	www.rivernet.org /prs00_07.htm (6079 words)

	Mun River National Parks : Thailand Travel Guide : About Thailand : Isan : Mun River : To Do & See : Nature
		The highest point in the park is the 1,351m Khao Rom in the north west and most of the park is slopping plateau between 1,000m and 600m.
		The fastest moving rivers and best waterfalls are on the western and southern edges, dropping through forested valleys into the central plains and allowing rafting and canoeing to be introduced into the scope of adventure treks.
		Khong Chiam town is next to Kaeng Tana park on a peninsula at the confluence of the Mun and Mekong rivers, where there is a park from which to enjoy the view over the rivers.
	www.siamwanderer.com /Regions/Isan/mun22.html (1352 words)

	Port Technology - Pearl River Terminal, China
		The River Trade Company won the contract to build and operate Hong King's first purpose built facility for river consignments on Pearl River, Tuen Mun, close to the Guangzhou territory.
		The River Trade Terminal Company is a consortium comprising different companies, each holding different stakes in the port.
		With computerised operations, modern equipment, efficient terminal services and ample infrastructure in Tuen Mun, the river terminal is able to provide a full range of services for handling boxes transported from the Pearl River delta to Hong Kong's port and other distribution areas.
	www.port-technology.com /projects/pearlriver (673 words)

	Mun memorialized in service at MIT - MIT News Office
		Frequent laughter and heavy sobs hung in the chapel air as Mun was described as fun-loving, thoughtful, determined and "an amazing" companion.
		The stocky Mun was jovial and "always willing to do something for a laugh," said Lowery Duvall, a junior in aeronautics and astronuatics and chapter leader of Chi Phi.
		Members of Oori, MIT's Korean drum group, perform at the memorial service for Daniel Mun, as images of the 20-year-old student are projected onto a screen.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/2004/mun2.html (442 words)

	Thailand Travel Agent - Thailand Tour \| Vietnam Tour \| Cambodia Holiday \| Myanmar Tour \| Travel Laos \| Bangkok Tour
		This whole village produces clay pots where the clay, taken from the Mun River, is thoroughly mixed with chaff and other kinds of material.
		This is a sandy island in the middle of the Mun River.
		Cruising along the beautiful Mun River is possible from the end of the dam to the Bicolored River, where the Mun River joins with the Mekong River.
	www.aandftour.com /UbonRatchathaniAttraction.htm (2233 words)

	THAILAND: Villagers Want Their Rivers - and Lives - Back
		The government, after a long struggle by local villagers and activists to decommission the dam and restore the river, allowed the gates of the dam to be opened for nearly a year and a half, but at present are only allowed to be opened four months a year.
		While the gates were permanently opened from June 2001 to November 2002, a study by Ubon Ratchathani University in the north-east into fisheries, social impacts and impact on electricity generation concluded that the gates should be left open for at least five years.
		After the completion of the World Bank-financed 136-megawatt Pak Mun dam in 1994, the livelihoods of over 20,000 fishing folk along the Mun river, the largest tributary of the Mekong river, were destroyed because of the impact of the dam on the regular migratory cycles of fish, and on their habitat.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=21630 (1044 words)

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