Pianporn Deetes, Thailand Program Coordinator on ABC News Radio

Date: 
Thursday, October 6, 2011

The following radio interview appeared on PM with Mark Colvin, ABC News.


Pianporn Deetes, International Rivers Thailand Program Coordinator talks about the harm to the region that was averted, when the Myitsone dam project was cancelled:

"There are many fora and fauna would be submerged if this dam is built and in the downstream area, the Irrawaddy delta is a rice basket of Burma. It is a very important area where the Burmese people grow rice and important agricultural area."

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