MAP requests you to sign the on-line petition urging the Prime Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam to keep the Mekong flowing freely. Eleven (11) proposed large dams to be build on the Mekong would be a death sentence to the life of the Mekong.

MAP is primary interested in mangroves and coastal resources, but we are very aware that the mangroves are directly impacted by freshwater input and sediments which is why the largest areas of mangroves appear in river deltas, just like the Mekong. The damming of rivers upstream in India has been totally devastating for the mangroves and people living in the Indus Delta in Pakistan. Also the damming of rivers in India is causing serious die back in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, the world largest area of mangroves, as the salinity increases with less freshwater reaching the delta.

On June 18, representatives from the Save the Mekong coalition will meet Thailand's Prime Minister and hand him a petition urging the region's governments to abandon plans to build 11 big dams on the Mekong River's mainstream.

These dams, if built, would block the major fish migrations that feed and provide income for millions of people.

Over the past three months, partners of the Save the Mekong coalition have worked hard to gather over 10,000 postcards with signatures and personal messages from citizens in the Mekong countries and around the world. Another 2,500 people have signed the online Save the Mekong petition.

We're making a final push to collect as many signatures as possible to send a clear message to the region's decision-makers.

Please help this effort and sign the petition - by Wednesday June 17 - urging the Prime Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam to keep the Mekong flowing freely.

Click HERE to sign the petition.