Eleven dams have been identified for year-round power generation in the mainstream of the lower Mekong basin.

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Water experts applaud the new policy, saying it puts a proper emphasis on conservation: lower-basin states must now pay attention to the water they have, instead of plotting to get still more from the upper-basin states.

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We welcomed increasing regional cooperation under the U.S.-Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) in the areas of energy security, health, agriculture and food security, education, connectivity, environment and water, which significantly contributes to quality of life and capacity building among the Lower Mekong Basin countries, and supports ASEAN's aim of narrowing the development gap among its Member States and addressing the common challenges.

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This time around, he has been looking for natural gas in the lower reaches of the Gulf of Mexico, a basin that was given up as exhausted just a few years ago.

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The Argentinian and Uruguayan tradition of the Tango, now familiar around the world, was developed by the urban lower classes in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the Rio de la Plata basin.

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Careful consideration must be made now of the potential impacts of this, and other dams being considered for the 3-S River Basin, to avoid serious losses and to form a positive solution for the people of the lower Mekong, their energy needs and the environment on which they depend.

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