EVENT [RESOURCES]: Saving the Mekong [Bangkok, 19 February 2020]

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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS’ CLUB OF THAILAND

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS’ CLUB OF THAILAND

On Wednesday, 19th February 2020, Carl Middleton from Center for Social Development Studies, was one of the presenters on the panel discussion held in Foreign Correspondent Club of Thailand (FCCT), titled “Saving the Mekong”.

Other panelists on the event include:

  • Brian Eyler, author of Last Days of the Mekong and director of the Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia program, who traveled along the river from China’s Yunnan province to its delta in southern Vietnam to explore its modern evolution. (via Skype)

  • Pianporn Deetes, Thailand Campaigner for International Rivers, which led the campaign against blasting rock shoals in the Mekong.

  • Pou Sothirak, Executive director of Phnom Penh-based CICP, a think tank focusing on regional issues, and a former Cambodian ambassador to Japan.

You can watch the video of the event below.