Rivers and rights

On March 2, 2026, at the Chiang Mai Administrative Court, the Chiang Khong Conservation Group and the Mekong People’s Network, together with Sor. Rattanamanee Polkla and Chalermsri Prasertsri, lawyers from the Community Resource Centre Foundation, filed an appeal against the court’s earlier decision not to accept a lawsuit concerning the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the Pak Beng dam project and heavy metal contamination in the Mekong River.