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Unexpected Elements

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The Importance of Hydroelectric Dams in South East Asia

The growth of hydroelectric dams at the top of the mikong river in south east asia is impacting people that live along it. Just 15 years ago there was loads and loads of sediment that allowed all these rice farms to basically have access to water but now they're being built upstream. It's that law of unintended consequences because you'd think that one of the advantages of having dams is that you don't get floods but actually it's not the case anyway we are almost at an end for this program so time to thank our team for this week for lis moite in nairobi kenya, almighty a scientist owner and katie silber in singapore

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