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  • Boys playing football in the recently relocated village of Ban Thong Chalern in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Ban Thong Chalern consists of three villages (Khmu and Lao Loum) which have been joined together and relocated due to construction of the Xayaburi dam, a major hydropower project on the Mekong river.
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  • A pile of bricks in the recently relocated village of Ban Thong Chalern in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Ban Thong Chalern consists of three villages (Khmu and Lao Loum) which have been joined together and relocated due to the ongoing construction of the Xayaburi Dam on the Lower Mekong river in Northern Laos.
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  • A man walks down the road carrying his young son in the recently relocated village of Ban Thong Chalern in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Ban Thong Chalern consists of three villages (Khmu and Lao Loum) which have been joined together and relocated because of the ongoing construction of the Xayaburi Dam, a major hydroproject on the Lower Mekong in Northern Laos.
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  • Aerial view of the recently relocated Hmong ethnic minority village of Ban Chalern, Phongsaly, Laos. Ban Chalern was relocated due to construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7
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  • Aerial view of the recently relocated Hmong ethnic minority village of Ban Chalern, Phongsaly, Laos. Ban Chalern was relocated due to construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7
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  • View of the Phunoi village of Ban Komenmai which was relocated to join with Ban Nongkinnaly in November 2013 to make way for the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. New houses come with water, electricity, a rice store, a kitchen, a toilet and two bedrooms. In the Nam Ou river valley in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation.
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  • The recently relocated village of Ban Thong Chalern in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Ban Thong Chalern consists of three villages (Khmu and Lao Loum) which have been joined together due to relocation because of the ongoing construction of the Xayaburi Dam in Northern Laos. The Xayaburi Dam is a hydroelectric dam under construction on the Lower Mekong River approximately 30 kilometres east of Xayaburi town in Northern Laos. The project is surrounded in controversy due to complaints from downstream riparians and environmentalists that the dam would cause significant and irreversible damage to the river's ecosystem. Funded by a Thai company, 90% of the electricity produced by the dam has already been pre-sold to Thailand.
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  • The recently relocated village of Ban Thong Chalern in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Ban Thong Chalern consists of three villages (Khmu and Lao Loum) which have been joined together due to relocation because of the ongoing construction of the Xayaburi Dam in Northern Laos. The Xayaburi Dam is a hydroelectric dam under construction on the Lower Mekong River approximately 30 kilometres east of Xayaburi town in Northern Laos. The project is surrounded in controversy due to complaints from downstream riparians and environmentalists that the dam would cause significant and irreversible damage to the river's ecosystem. Funded by a Thai company, 90% of the electricity produced by the dam has already been pre-sold to Thailand.
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  • The recently relocated village of Ban Thong Chalern in Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. Ban Thong Chalern consists of three villages (Khmu and Lao Loum) which have been joined together due to relocation because of the ongoing construction of the Xayaburi Dam in Northern Laos. The Xayaburi Dam is a hydroelectric dam under construction on the Lower Mekong River approximately 30 kilometres east of Xayaburi town in Northern Laos. The project is surrounded in controversy due to complaints from downstream riparians and environmentalists that the dam would cause significant and irreversible damage to the river's ecosystem. Funded by a Thai company, 90% of the electricity produced by the dam has already been pre-sold to Thailand.
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese prostitute at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • The village of Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site and the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • A Vietnamese prostitute prepares lunch at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • A Vietnamese prostitute prepares lunch at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • The village of Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site and the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • A woman smoking a homemade cigarette, clears land for growing banana trees in the recently temporarily relocated Laoseng ethnic minority village of Ban Phouxoum. Ban Phouxoum will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • A Laoseng woman pounds rice at home in the recently temporarily relocated village of Ban Watai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The roadless Ban Watai will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • A Laoseng ethnic minority man carries a piece of metal roofing material through the old village to his village of Ban Watai has been temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river, during the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng ethnic minority woman returns to the old village to collect firewood after her village of Ban Watai has been temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river, during the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A view of the remote and roadless Laoseng village of Ban Mouangva showing the old and new villages, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Recently temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river, Ban Mouangva will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • A dog cleans a baby as a grandmother looks after a 6 week old baby whilst his mother works in the fields, Ban Watai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Watai has been temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river and will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • A grandmother looks after a 6 week old baby whilst his mother works in the fields, Ban Watai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Watai has been temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river and will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Washing clothes at the village standpipe in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phoumeuang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phoumeuang will soon be relocated away from the Nam Ou river due to construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman rolling a cigarette in her home in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phouxoum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phouxoum is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and has been temporarily relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman prepares rice for cooking outside her home in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phouxoum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phouxoum is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and has been temporarily relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman prepares rice for cooking outside her home in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phouxoum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phouxoum is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and has been temporarily relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman winnows rice outside her home in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phouxoum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phouxoum is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and has been temporarily relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman in the doorway of her home in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phouxoum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phouxoum is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and has been temporarily relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman smoking a homemade cigarette in her home in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phouxoum, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phouxoum is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and has been temporarily relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese prostitute wearing traditional Tai Dam clothing and hairstyle at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • A Khmu man weaving a bamboo mat outside his home in Ban Yangneua, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Renowned for their superior basket weaving skills, the Khmu belong to the Mon-Khmer language group considered to be the original inhabitants of Laos and are the largest ethnic minority with many sub-groups resident in all provinces of Northern Laos. Ban Yangneua has been temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5.
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese prostitute wearing traditional Tai Dam clothing and hairstyle at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • A Vietnamese prostitute puts on make-up at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese prostitute wearing traditional Tai Dam clothing and hairstyle at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • A Vietnamese prostitute applies lipstick at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • A view of Ban Neunsavang - originally four villages (Khmu and Lao Loum) which have been joined together due to relocation because of the ongoing construction of the Xayaburi Dam in Northern Laos. The Xayaburi Dam is a hydroelectric dam under construction on the Lower Mekong River approximately 30 kilometres east of Xayaburi town in Northern Laos. The project is surrounded in controversy due to complaints from downstream riparians and environmentalists that the dam would cause significant and irreversible damage to the river's ecosystem. Funded by a Thai company, 90% of the electricity produced by the dam has already been pre-sold to Thailand.
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  • Shadows of lanterns cast on the closed shutters of a store that has been relocated in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 02 March, 2011.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman pounds sticky rice with a traditional wooden mortar and pestle outside her home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Her family have recently moved from their remote mountain village to the riverside village of Ban Pakpok which is located on a road nearby Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5 construction site.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman pours sticky rice into a traditional wooden pestle in preparation for pounding prior to cooking in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Her family have recently moved from their remote moutain village to Ban Pakpok which is located on a road nearby Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5 construction site.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority woman pounds sticky rice with a traditional wooden mortar and pestle outside her home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Her family have recently moved from their remote mountain village to the riverside village of Ban Pakpok which is located on a road nearby Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5 construction site.
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  • The daughter of a Vietnamese construction worker living in Ban Pakpok the closest village to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5 in Phongsaly province
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  • We Have Moved has been written in a high street window of a small retail business, on 13th August 2020, in Bungay, Norfolk, England.
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  • The road checkpoint before entering the Xayaburi Dam construction site, a hydroelectric dam on the Lower Mekong River approximately 30 kilometres east of Xayaburi town in Northern Laos. The project is surrounded in controversy due to complaints from downstream riparians and environmentalists that the dam would cause significant and irreversible damage to the river's ecosystem. Funded by a Thai company, 90% of the electricity produced by the dam has already been pre-sold to Thailand.
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  • A woman drinking water in the relocated village of Ban Nongkinnaly, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Phunoi village of Ban Komenmai was relocated to join with Ban Nongkinnaly in November 2013 to make way for the Nam Ou dam project. New houses come with water, electricity, a rice store, a kitchen, a toilet and two bedrooms. But nowhere to grow food and the villagers currently face a long trek of several kilometres back to their old fields. <br />
In the Nam Ou river valley in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation
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  • The temporarily relocated Laoseng ethnic minority village of Ban Watai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  The village was relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro. The project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation.
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  • The remains of the recently relocated Mouchi ethnic minority village of Ban Mouchee Kao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The villagers have returned to remove any useful materials such as wood for construction on their new homes by the road.  Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary cultivation and farmers are being exhorted to produce for markets rather than for family consumption. Forests are being logged, rivers are being dammed, large tracts of land are being given over to largely foreign investors, and mining is on the rise.  Many villages have been forcibly displaced or moved or have voluntarily relocated in search of better conditions. Proponents argue these movements and consolidations increase the access of rural populations to roads, health and education services. Others might argue that it is to keep an eye on their activities and to foster or impel their incorporation into the emerging market economy.
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  • A Khmu woman sits outside her bamboo home in the remote and roadless Khmu ethnic minority village of Ban Kengdeung, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Kengdeung will soon be temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • The Phunoi village of Ban Komenmai was relocated to join with Ban Nongkinnaly in November 2013 to make way for the Nam Ou dam project. New houses come with water, electricity, a rice store, a kitchen, a toilet and two bedrooms. But nowhere to grow food and the villagers currently face a long trek of several kilometres back to their old fields. In the Nam Ou river valley in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation.
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  • 70 year old Thaokham holds his snares for catching birds and wild chickens in the Phunoi village of Ban Nongkinnaly, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Phunoi village of Ban Komenmai was relocated to join with Ban Nongkinnaly in November 2013 to make way for the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The villagers are very happy with their new houses but daily life is more difficult because before they were able to fish on the Nam Ou and snare catch birds and wild chickens. Now it is much more difficult to get food because they have to share the forest with the other villagers.
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  • A Laoseng ethnic minority man carries a bamboo house wall to the new village from the old village of Ban Phoumeuang  which is being temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river, during the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • In the Nam Ou river valley in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The Phunoi village of Ban Komenmai was relocated to join with Ban Nongkinnaly in November 2013 to make way for the Nam Ou dam project. New houses come with water, electricity, a rice store, a kitchen, a toilet and two bedrooms. But nowhere to grow food and the villagers currently face a long trek of several kilometres back to their old fields.
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  • In the Nam Ou river valley in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The Phunoi village of Ban Komenmai was relocated to join with Ban Nongkinnaly in November 2013 to make way for the Nam Ou dam project. New houses come with water, electricity, a rice store, a kitchen, a toilet and two bedrooms. But nowhere to grow food and the villagers currently face a long trek of several kilometres back to their old fields.
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  • A Laoseng ethnic minority woman carries firewood in a traditional bamboo basket to the new village from the old village of Ban Phoumeuang  which is being temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river, during the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Red painted lettering on the wall of a bamboo house in the remote and roadless Khmu ethnic minority village of Ban Kengdeung, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Kengdeung will soon be temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5.
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  • In the Nam Ou river valley in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The Phunoi village of Ban Komenmai was relocated to join with Ban Nongkinnaly in November 2013 to make way for the Nam Ou dam project. New houses come with water, electricity, a rice store, a kitchen, a toilet and two bedrooms. But nowhere to grow food and the villagers currently face a long trek of several kilometres back to their old fields.
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  • In the Nam Ou river valley in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The Phunoi village of Ban Komenmai was relocated to join with Ban Nongkinnaly in November 2013 to make way for the Nam Ou dam project. New houses come with water, electricity, a rice store, a kitchen, a toilet and two bedrooms. But nowhere to grow food and the villagers currently face a long trek of several kilometres back to their old fields.
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese migrant worker working on the construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Tai Lue women weaving a bamboo mat, Ban Hathin, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Hathin is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and  will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Hmong girl doing her school homework outside the dormitory where she lives during term time to go to lower secondary school in the Tai Lue village of Ban Hathin, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Hathin is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and  will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Mouchi ethnic minority man returns to the old village to collect wood from his previous home to use for construction in the villages new location, Ban Mouchee Kao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary cultivation and farmers are being exhorted to produce for markets rather than for family consumption. Forests are being logged, rivers are being dammed, large tracts of land are being given over to largely foreign investors, and mining is on the rise.  Many villages have been forcibly displaced or moved or have voluntarily relocated in search of better conditions. Proponents argue these movements and consolidations increase the access of rural populations to roads, health and education services. Others might argue that it is to keep an eye on their activities and to foster or impel their incorporation into the emerging market economy.
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  • Construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Vietnamese construction workers building the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • View of the Tai Lue village of Ban Hathin from the temple, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Hathin is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng ethnic minority woman returns to the old village to collect firewood after her village of Ban Watai has been temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river, during the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • The construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • The construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • An elderly Laoseng woman smokes tobacco in a pipe in the recently temporarily relocated village of Ban Watai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Watai will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman carries her baby whilst smoking tobacco in her home in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phouxom, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR, Ban Phouxom is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated and joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman outside her home in remote and roadless Ban Watai, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  The villagers of Ban Watai wait to hear when and where they will be relocated and joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng minority woman sits outside her home in remote and roadless Ban Watai, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  The villagers of Ban Watai wait to hear when and where they will be relocated and joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • The construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • An Akha man from a nearby village working on the construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower project.
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  • A young girl stands on the road amidst construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Portrait of a local Laoseng ethnic minority woman and her two young children outside their small shop in the new village of Ban Sam Sang where her husband works as a construction worker, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • View of the Tai Lue village of Ban Hathin from the temple, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Hathin is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Phonekham (15) and Chom (15) studying at the lower secondary school in the Tai Lue village of Ban Hathin, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Hathin is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Phonekham (15) and Chom (15) studying at the lower secondary school in the Tai Lue village of Ban Hathin, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Hathin is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Laoseng woman winnows rice at home in the recently temporarily relocated village of Ban Watai. The roadless Ban Watai will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • An Akha man from a nearby village working on the construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Vietnamese construction workers building the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese construction worker of Tai Dam ethnicity building a temple in the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Hmong girl doing her school homework outside the dormitory where she lives during term time to go to lower secondary school in the Tai Lue village of Ban Hathin, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Hathin is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and  will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Construction of the new village of Ban Sam Sang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • A Laoseng ethnic minority woman prepares wild vegetables for cooking using a wooden pestle and mortar in the remote and roadless village of Ban Phoumeuang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phoumeuang will soon be relocated away from the Nam Ou river due to construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • An elderly Laoseng minority woman preparing rice for dinner outside her home in remote and roadless Ban Watai, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  The villagers of Ban Watai wait to hear when and where they will be relocated and joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Portrait of a Hmong woman wearing her traditional clothes outside her home, Ban Chalern, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Chalern is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Portrait of a Hmong girl outside her home, Ban Chalern, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Chalern is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Red painted lettering on the wall of the village chief's house in the remote and roadless Laoseng ethnic minority village of Ban Phoumeuang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phoumeuang will soon be temporarily relocating away from the Nam Ou river and will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • A billboard showing the finished Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation.  The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation.  The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation.  The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation. The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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  • Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In the Nam Ou river valley the first phase of construction on the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project by Chinese corporation Sinohydro has begun, the project will generate electricity, 90% of which will be exported to other countries in the region.  The project will directly affect several districts in Phongsaly province through construction, reservoir impoundment and back flooding resulting in loss of land and assets and village relocation.  The 425 km long Nam Ou river is a major tributary of the Mekong and is the lifeline of rural communities and local economies.
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