Feel the people's power flow

Feel the people's power flow
Feel the people's power flow
This two-part series explores people living along the Mekong and its tributaries who have embarked on a crusade to save their source of life and livelihoods
published : 14 Apr 2021 at 04:00
The wetland forest of Boon Rueang community in Chiang Rai province has long served as a 'kitchen supermarket' for locals. (Photos courtesy of Phitchayetsaphong Khurupratchamak and Kitti Treeraj)
Amid the jubilation, there was a brief moment of uneasiness. Last September, during a ceremony to award the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Equator Prize held at the Boon Rueang wetland forest in Chiang Rai province, participants noticed the ground was much drier than it used to be. The moderator even joked that had the "wetland forest" venue been as wet as before during the monsoon season, they would have been celebrating the occasion partly submerged.

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