Damming at gunpoint(English Version)

Acknowledgements
We would like to thank various organisations and individuals involved in the
publication of this report. We firstly would like to thank senior research fellows
from the Institute of Education and Development Studies (IEDS) for
their advice in developing a research framework and initial proof reading, the
South East Asia Rivers Network (SEARIN) and the Rivers Watch East and
South East Asia (RWESA) for financial support for research, members of the
Salween Watch coalition for their editing assistance, and the Peace Way Foundation
(Burma Issues) for helping produce video interview records.
We would also like to thank our coalition member organisations for letting
us use their equipment and office space, and individual members who
patiently helped gathering facts during the research, villagers from Salween
Eyes (SEE, a local people’s organization opposing dams on the Salween), our
friends from Brigade 5 and Papun District Administration who gave us information
on political, social, economic and military issues of the district
and the Backpack Health Worker Team (Karen) for sharing some of its health
documents.
Our warm thanks go to Padoh Mahn Sha and Padoh Htoo Htoo Lay from
the KNU’s Central Executive Committee, for their moral as well as logistical
support for our work.
Karen Rivers Watch Coalition
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