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Explore the dynamics of hydropower development in Southeast Asia and China's evolving approach to its dam projects.
Mekong River landscape. Image by WWF-Cambodia. In the Mekong River, the Irrawaddy dolphins are known to range within a 190-kilometer (118-mile) stretch from Kratie in Cambodia to the slightly ...
Explore the impact of the Mekong dam on livelihoods and ecosystems in the lower Mekong Basin. Understand the consequences today.
New understanding of Mekong River incision Date: October 16, 2018 Source: Syracuse University Summary: An international team of earth scientists has linked the establishment of the Mekong River to ...
The longest river in Southeast Asia, the Mekong starts in the Chinese highlands and runs through six countries in all. It sustains both richly bio-diverse ecosystems and the livelihood of over 60 ...
The MFF law enforcement team and the provincial chief of river guards regularly conduct a meeting to strengthen our capacity and develop a patrolling work-plan to combat illegal fishing activities in ...
As plans for damming the lower Mekong gathered force in the early 2000s, the Mekong River Commission predicted that its four members — Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam — would reap $30 ...
In the introduction to his new book, Brian Eyler cautions that “the reader should not get the impression from the book’s title that the Mekong River is in its death throes.” Yet 320 pages ...
Mekong River communities rely on it for food — new dams threaten resources Dams and climate change are among the threats facing Southeast Asia's famed Mekong River.
River dolphins in the Mekong river near Kratie province in the northeastern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River has ...