Yumiko Yasuda is an environmental and water governance specialist. She was a researcher for the Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. She has previously worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Southeast Asia.

This book analyses the opportunities and barriers that NGOs and civil society actors face when conducting advocacy campaigns against such developments through a comparison of the strategies of two NGO coalitions advocating against the Xayaburi hydropower dam on the Mekong River.

1. NGOs and Environmental Governance Part 1: Research Design 2. Analysing NGO Advocacy Strategies 3. Framework for Analysis: NGO Coalitions Along the Mekong River Part 2: Biophysical and Material Conditions, Actors, Rules and Norms 4. Biophysical and Material Conditions 5. Actors 6. Rules and Norms Part 3: Strategies and Interactions 7. The Xayaburi Dam Story 8. Strategies Targeting the Mekong Regional Decision-makers 9. Strategies Targeting National Decision-makers 10. Strategies Targeting Stakeholders in Affected Areas 11. Strategies Targeting General Public 12. Conclusion