WIANG KAEN, Thailand: The waters of the mighty Mekong have sustained generations of families but nowadays its fishermen often find their nets empty and fear hydropower mega-dams will destroy their livelihoods.

Pat Chaiwong has fished the Mekong in northern Thailand for three decades but good days are increasingly rare.

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