Pai Deetes
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Pianporn (Pai) Deetes is the Southeast Asia Program regional campaigns director at International Rivers, which protects rivers and "defends the rights of communities that depend on them," according to the group's website.
Her work focuses on mainland Southeast Asia’s major rivers, the Mekong and Salween. The work is on the protection and restoration of rivers ecosystems and the rights of local communities.
Her focus has been in particular on Thailand’s role as dam developer and financiers, and intended market for hydroelectricity.
Before joining International Rivers in 2010, Deetes spent seven years working with the Thai NGO Living River Siam (SEARIN), to empower riverine communities to protect their rivers.
Based in Thailand, she has a bachelor's in English and is an Ashoka Fellow.
