Uneasiness and lack of capacity within the Myanmar government, as well as political sensitivities around Chinese investment, mean that this trend is likely to continue through at least November 2020.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins and the world’s most productive freshwater fishery saved from destructive dam
In a significant step forward for nature and communities that depend on the mighty Mekong River, the Cambodian government has abandoned plans to build the Sambor hydropower dam.
Community responsible for subregional interests in Mekong-Lancang
The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be the worst non-traditional security threat ever facing the whole region, a very strong political will and mutual trust among the LMC countries are required.
Impacts of Mainstream Hydropower Dams on Fisheries and Agriculture in Lower Mekong Basin
The tradeoff analyses reveal that losses of capture fisheries, sediment or nutrients, and social mitigation costs are greater than the benefits from electricity generation, improved irrigation, and flood control of the LMB region.
Mekong Delta rice farmers earn big from selling straw
Rice farmers in the Mekong Delta are earning higher incomes from selling rice straw left over from the harvested 2019-2020 winter-spring rice crop.
Two Years on, Sesan’s Ethnic Communities Attempt to Restart Their Lives
Villagers have had to keep a constant eye on reservoir water levels, attempting to restart their traditional practices, even though their familial lands and the graves of their ancestors now lay below hundreds of feet of water.
Loss of faith along the Ou river
A cascade of Chinese-built hydropower dams in northern Laos brings unwelcome changes to local ways of life
Satellite captures incredible views Mekong Delta rice fields
In Vietnam, rice has been a strategic crop for national food security. Vietnam is the fifth largest producer of rice in the world, the majority of which is grown in the Mekong Delta – a vast flood plain and one of Asia’s most fertile agricultural zones.