Proposed hydroelectric dams threaten traditional ways of life along Mekong River

Alan Dejecacion took these images during visits to Laos in 1996 and 2002, documenting moments in the rural reaches of the country in which many Laotians still live and work as subsistence farmers, fishermen, market traders, and merchants. Now private developers and investors have set out to build 11 dams on the Mekong’s main stem in Laos, destroying the way of life of millions of people, the world’s largest inland fishery, and critically endangered species.
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