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68 Dams Proposed on one of the World's Largest Rivers & it's Tributaries

"The Mekong River, one of the world’s largest, traverses six Southeast Asian countries and supports the livelihoods of millions of people. New efforts to provide hydroelectric power to a growing and modernizing population include more than eight proposed main-stem dams and 60 or more existing tributary dams in the lower Mekong basin." - Excerpt from University of Illinois, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. Learn more about the project and their expected impacts here.

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