Chiang Rai’s Fight to Save the Mekong River
Chiang Rai sits at the meeting point of the Kok, Sai, Ruak, and Mekong rivers, so changes upstream quickly reach local communities. Mining runoff, dam operations, shifting water flows, and pollution can affect drinking-water supplies, fish, farmland, and the people whose livelihoods depend on these rivers. Recent monitoring has found arsenic and other heavy-metal concerns […] The post Chiang…
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