"Time may be running out for Southeast Asia?s last major undammed river - the Salween, also known as the Nu in China and Thanlwin in Myanmar, which originates high in the mountains of Tibet and flowing south for 2,800 kilometers through the east of Myanmar into the Andaman Sea. There are plans to construct 19 dams along the length of the river and its tributaries. While visions of harnessing the river for hydropower are decades old, various setbacks including vocal opposition from environmental and human rights groups - over a dozen ethnic minority groups live along the river?s banks - as well as ongoing conflict in Myanmar?s restive eastern states, have so far prevented their realization. This could be set to change with the riparian governments? increasing determination to bring the dream to fruition..."