拯救湄公河：沿岸住民向政府请愿
新闻发布会和签名请愿活动资讯发布
地点：曼谷国际记者俱乐部
2009年6月18日下午1点30分（曼谷当地时间）
出于对东南亚湄公河的强烈关注，湄公河流域和世界其他地区的1万多人参加了名为“拯救湄公河”（Save the Mekong）的明信片签名请愿活动。此项活动敦促相关国家政府放弃在湄公河干流上的水电开发计划，选择更可持续的电力开发利用方式。请愿书将递交给湄公河流域的各国政府首脑。其中，6月18日，请愿书将在曼谷被当面呈递给泰国总理阿披实。
在过去两年中，在湄公河下游干流上先后有11个大坝被纳入计划，这些大坝威胁到洄游鱼类的生存，流域的食品安全，以及数百万住民的生计和收入。
6月18日早上8点，湄公河各国民众代表和泰国总理阿披实见面，其后在下午1点30分将在泰国国际记者俱乐部召开一个新闻发布会。会上，湄公河流域的民众代表和国际组织代表将对外宣布活动征集到的公众签名的具体数量，并就“鱼类，食品安全和生计：为什么湄公河应该保持自由流淌”这一话题展开讨论。
有意参加的的记者请填写附件表格并发信至：mekong@savethemekong.org。或者联系：
Premrudee Daoroung, Co-Director, Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA) Tel. +66 (0)2-691-0718-20, +66 (0)81-4342334 email: premrudee@terraper.org; www.terraper.org
Carl Middleton, International Rivers, Tel: +66 (0) 84-6815332 Email: carl@internationalrivers.org; www.internationalrivers.org
Mekong Citizens Petition Governments to Save the Mekong!
Press Conference and Postcard Petition Launch
1:30 pm on 18 June 2009 at FCCT, Bangkok
In a bold outpouring of public concern for Southeast Asia’s Mekong River, more than ten thousand people from within the Mekong region and around the world have signed a “Save the Mekong” postcard petition. The petition urges governments to abandon plans for hydropower development along the river’s mainstream and to pursue more sustainable electricity options. The petition will be delivered to the region’s leaders, including by hand to Thailand’s Prime Minister H.E. Abhisit Vejjajiva, on 18 June in Bangkok.
Over the past two years, eleven big hydropower dams have been proposed for the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. These dams threaten migratory fish stocks, regional food security, and the livelihoods and incomes of millions of people.
After representatives from the Mekong countries meet Prime Minister H.E. Abhisit Vejjajiva at 8 am on 18 June, a press conference will be held at FCCT at 1:30 pm. At the press conference, representatives from the Mekong region and international groups will announce the number of petition postcards collected and discuss the topic “Fisheries, Food Security, and Livelihoods: Why the Mekong River Should Remain Free-flowing.”
Journalists are invited to join both events and are requested to register at mekong@savethemekong.org or by contacting:
Premrudee Daoroung, Co-Director, Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA) Tel. +66 (0)2-691-0718-20, +66 (0)81-4342334 email: premrudee@terraper.org; www.terraper.org
Carl Middleton, International Rivers, Tel: +66 (0) 84-6815332 Email: carl@internationalrivers.org; www.internationalrivers.org
More information on the Save the Mekong coalition and the impacts of the planned Mekong mainstream dams in English and regional languages is available at www.SavetheMekong.org.
Schedule and registration form
