Khone Phapheng falls, Laos | along the Mekong | flovision - photography by Florian Christian | flovision

Khone Phapheng falls, Laos

Jan-2012

During dry season and low water levels as here in this photo the fish traps are laid bare and only collect the odd plastic bottle. In the back one of the Mekong's main channels cascading in a series of rapids down towards Cambodia, only a few km downstream. Not far from here the Laos government is planning to build yet another hydropower dam, which will aggravate issues already harming the once mighty river and ecosystems and fisheries it sustains, through amended hydrology, disrupted fish migration and reduced sediment thus nutrient flow and more.

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