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Mekong-The Occluding River - The Tale of a River (Paperback)
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Mekong-The Occluding River - The Tale of a River (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 150
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Part travelogue, part history, and part environmental treatise,
"Mekong - The Occluding River" is above all else an urgent warning
that factors such as pollution, ecological devastation, and the
depletion of natural resources are threatening the very existence
of the Mekong River. Author Ngo The Vinh combines his vivid travel
notes and collection of photographs with a meticulously researched
history of the environmental degradation of the Mekong River.
Translated from Vietnamese, the best-selling treatise outlines the
myriad threats facing the river today. From oil shipments feeding
the industrial cities of southwestern China to gigantic
hydroelectric dams known as the Mekong Cascades in Yunnan province,
China is the worst environmental offender, though the other nations
along Mekong's banks behave no better. From Thailand to Laos to
Vietnam, hydroelectric dams that threaten the Mekong and its
inhabitants are being built at an alarming rate. To save the
Mekong, Ngo The Vinh calls upon all the nations that benefit from
its life-giving water to observe the "Spirit of the Mekong" in the
implementation of all future development projects. To achieve this
end, there must be a concerted and sustained commitment to
cooperation and sustainability. At this critical cross-roads, we
should remind ourselves of the mantra from Sea World San Diego:
"Extinction is forever. Endangered means we still have time."
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