‘Exposing the Mekong Mega Dam issues to the world’
Since completing the First full exploration and navigation of the Mekong Rivers mainstream in 2004, millions of people around the world have been made aware of the Mekong cascade dam issues as a result of the efforts of Mick O’Shea and the Mekong Descent Foundation. The following is a list of awareness generating avenues that have been developed by Mick and the Mekong Descent Foundation to date.
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Over 40 Mekong print media articles have been published in mass media publications in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America as a result of our efforts.
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Mekong focused radio interviews have been aired on over 220 radio stations in Australia, Canada the USA, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam as a result of our efforts.
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Mekong focused Television news reports and current affairs programs have been screened in Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Canada and the USA as a result of our efforts.
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The Mekong Cascade Awareness Film ‘Exploring the Mother of Waters’ is currently on a 300 city 30 nation tour with the Banff Mountain film festival and is a finalist in 4 other international film festivals.
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Awareness building presentations and slide shows have been held at over 30 venues to over two thousand members of Universities, Schools, Community Groups, Clubs, Foundations, members of the public and government institutions in 9 nations.
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Over 20 websites currently carry Mekong focused material as a result of the our efforts.
The links below show some examples of the awareness building materials that have been developed:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Prime time Current Affiars focus
University Study Group Presentation
