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“Drastic Cut”: What Is China Doing With Mekong Dams?

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

The fluctuations have made it “challenging for authorities and communities to prepare for and respond to possible impacts”, says to Dr Winai Wangpimool, Director of the MRC Secretariat’s Technical Support Division.

Study uncovers how big droughts in the Greater Mekong trigger carbon dioxide emission bursts

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Based on the 2016 energy demand, the researchers estimated that prolonged droughts reduce hydropower production in the Thai-Laotian grid (refer to image) by about 4,000 GWh/year, increasing carbon dioxide emissions by 2.5 million metric tons, and increasing costs by US$120 million in one year.

World’s forgotten fish species vital for hundreds of millions of people but one-third face extinction

By Nantiya March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

“Despite their importance to local communities, freshwater fish are invariably forgotten. Freshwater fish matter to the health of people and the freshwater ecosystems that all people and all life on land depend on. It’s time we remembered that,” said Mr. Seng Teak, Country Director of WWF-Cambodia.

Universal Access to Satellite Monitoring Paves the Way to Protect the World’s Tropical Forests

By Nantiya March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

The Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is developing near-real time deforestation alert systems in the Lower Mekong region, inclusive of Thailand, Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Cambodia.

Chinese dams not to blame for low Mekong water levels: report

By Nantiya March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

The latest data shows that for the past two months, Jinghong station, one of the main hydropower stations on the Lancang River, upper half of Mekong River, has been releasing more water than the river’s average natural flow rate recorded during the Mekong River’s current dry season.

UNESCO Requests New Impact Assessment for Luang Prabang Dam

By Nantiya March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

“The problem is that the dam developer doesn’t want to do a new SIA, saying that the SIA has been done. But UNESCO does not accept the first SIA.”

We neglect Asia’s freshwater fishes at our peril

By AvatarNantiya February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

But there’s no mystery about the cause of this crisis: It’s down to us – from building on wetlands and floodplains, to our poorly planned hydropower dams to over-abstraction of water for agriculture, unsustainable fishing, pollution, invasive species, sand mining and climate change.

Water levels on the Mekong River are declining sharply: Who is to blame?

By Nantiya February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

The Mekong’s normal flow can be restored if large volumes of water are consistently and reliably released from Chinese dam reservoirs. However, China’s water policy shows Beijing is unlikely to change its behavior and the worst for the Mekong is yet to come.  

China Dams Continue to Hinder Water Flow on the Mekong River

By Nantiya February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

“But it is not about China alone, because there is a need for governance of the river that recognizes its ecological value and its multiple uses for millions of local communities.”

Beijing Gives Thailand Conflicting Outflow Data on Mekong River Dams

By Nantiya February 24, 2021February 25, 2021

“This discrepancy between outflow estimates may be due to the use of different methods to calculate discharges,” the MRC statement said.

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