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A Thai-Karen villager holds her son in Ban Sob Moei, a Thai village located at the confluence of Moei and Salween rivers, which is threatened by the planned Hatgyi dam in Myanmar
A Thai-Karen villager holds her son in Ban Sob Moei, a Thai village located at the confluence of Moei and Salween rivers, which is threatened by the planned Hatgyi dam in Myanmar November 16, 2014. Ban Sob Moei is located 47 kilometres upstream from the dam. Villagers and environmentalists worry the dam could lead to the displacement of villagers in Sob Moei or block fish migration routes and reduce nutrients on which the villagers depend for food and jobs. Picture taken November 16, 2014. To match Feature THAILAND-MYANMAR/DAMS-SALWEEN REUTERS/Thin Lei Win (THAILAND - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY POLITICS)
General Baw Kyaw Heh, vice chief-of-staff for the KNLA, briefs journalists at the Ei Thu Ta camp about his concerns for the planned Hatgyi dam in Myanmar
General Baw Kyaw Heh, vice chief-of-staff for the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), briefs journalists at the Ei Thu Ta camp about his concerns for the planned Hatgyi dam in Myanmar November 17, 2014. KNLA says the planned dam is in an area it still controls and warned that its construction could jeopardise the ongoing ceasefire talks between the Myanmar government and ethnic armed groups. Picture taken November 17, 2014. To match Feature THAILAND-MYANMAR/DAMS-SALWEEN REUTERS/Thin Lei Win (MYANMAR - Tags: MILITARY ENERGY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY POLITICS)
Decha Srisawaidaoruang, headman of Sob Moei village in Thailand, talks to his villagers
Decha Srisawaidaoruang, 30, headman of Sob Moei village in Thailand, talks to his villagers November 16, 2014. Sob Moei is located 47 kilometres upstream from the planned Hatgyi dam in Myanmar. Villagers and environmentalists worry the dam could lead to the displacement of villagers in Sob Moei or block fish migration routes and reduce nutrients on which the villagers depend for food and jobs. Picture taken November 16, 2014. To match Feature THAILAND-MYANMAR/DAMS-SALWEEN REUTERS/Thin Lei Win (THAILAND - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SOCIETY POLITICS)
A view shows Ei Thu Ta, a camp for displaced Karens, along the Salween river in Myanmar
A view shows Ei Thu Ta, a camp for displaced Karens, along the Salween river in Myanmar November 17, 2014. The camp was set up around 2006 for around 4,000 displaced Karens who say they fled abuses by the Burmese army. The camp residents are worried they may be displaced again by the planned Hatgyi dam. Picture taken November 17, 2014. To match Feature THAILAND-MYANMAR/DAMS-SALWEEN REUTERS/Thin Lei Win (THAILAND - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SOCIETY POLITICS)
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