Salween River

From its headwaters in the mountains of Tibet to its estuary in Mon State, Burma, the Salween River, known as the Nu River in China and the Thanlwin River in Burma, supports almost 10 million people.

Article from China Economic Times

(Translated from Chinese by Google Translate Beta and Kevin Li)

China's Sinohydro Corporation, China Southern Power Grid Co. Ltd. and
China's Three Gorges Project Development Corporation held a formal
signing ceremony in Sinohydro's headquarter, on Myanmar's Salween
River strategic cooperation framework agreement.

Thailand has decided to proceed with the construction of a hydropower dam in north-east Myanmar despite from environmentalists, media reports said Sunday. ( dpa )

Article from Bangkok Post

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand is cleared to hand Burma any
remaining funds from a four-billion-baht soft loan to the junta that
had been suspended due to alleged irregularities, Foreign Minister
Noppadon Pattama said yesterday.

Article from Bangkok Post

In honour of International Day of Action for Rivers today, it is worthy to highlight Southeast Asia's longest undammed river - the Salween-Nu River - which flows from Yunnan in China down through Burma, forming part of the Thai-Burma border. China's Nu River (Nujiang) has received extensive media attention due to the fact that - despite Beijing's official postponement of the Nujiang dams after domestic and international pressure - construction of the first dam (Liuku) has commenced with the apparent backing of the Yunnan provincial authorities.

Article from The Irrawaddy Online

Ethnic Karen people living along Burma's Salween River gathered today in colorful traditional dress to pray to the spirits of the river and the land around it for protection against the planned construction of a dam which threatens to devastate the area's fragile ecosystem.

Article from The Nation: A special Op-Editorial

Pianporn Deetes is a campaigner for the Living River Siam-Southeast Asia Rivers Network.

The Salween River is set to become a new source of energy for Thailand.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), has been touting at least five dam projects on the Salween River inside Burma and along the Thailand-Burma border as potentially enormous sources of "cheap" energy. Still, there are unseen costs behind the electricity that have not been fully taken into account by those promoting the dam projects. Environmentally, the cost of the dams is far too great. The Salween is the last longest free-flowing international river in Southeast Asia. Pristine forests along the border are home to rare and endangered animals and plants species. The denudation of forests following logging once the dams are in place, infrastructure development and inundation from reservoirs would destroy enormous tracts of invaluable natural resources.