Uncoordinated development, particularly between countries sharing watersheds, is the greatest threat to the future of the Mekong ecosystem. The Sesan, Sekong and Srepok are the three great tributary rivers of north-east Cambodia. Fishing in the mountains of Vietnam and Laos they come together to join the Mekong at Stung Treng.In 2001 the Vietnamese began operation of the Yali Falls dam on the Sesan – the first of a cascade of four such hydro-power projects they plan for the river, although only 70km upstream of the Cambodian border, the Cambodians were never consulted on its construction.
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