Cooperation between the six countries of the region needs to improve for mutual benefit
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Thailand eyes 1GW of floating solar panels
State-run utility Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is planning to facilitate 1GW of hybrid floating solar-hydro projects across eight dams throughout the country.
Moon extends condolences over Laos dam accident
Korean resident offers condolences to the people of Laos over an accident at a dam construction site in July that resulted in multiple fatalities.
Hun Sen to inaugurate final phase of ‘controversial’ dam
Inauguration plans are being set for the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam to occur the “middle of next month”, in a ceremony that will be presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
More talk on Pak Bang Dam, but is anyone listening?
Thais urge Chinese project developer, Datang Corp, to conduct a transboundary study to resolve outstanding issues for the third dam planned for the Lower Mekong River.
200 years before Laos cleared of US bombs
In the world’s most heavily bombed country, 20 million UXO have been cleared in the 45 years since clandestine US war ended, leaving 80 million still to be dug out and defused.
Why is Asia so food insecure?
Only two countries from Asia Pacific—Singapore and Australia—feature in a global ranking of food security. How can the world’s most populous region improve food security?
Dam and blast: big hydro infrastructure needs a major rethink
Researchers call for big changes to hydropower and dam design to meet the challenges of climate change and social disruption.
Sharing fishing grounds with Irrawaddy Dolphins that they have given names
“During my childhood, there were periods when not even one died in three years. These days, there have been as many as three deaths a year and there might be others.”
Collapsed Lao dam ‘was built on a sinkhole’
Laos has kept the true scale of the disaster under wraps because it would jeopardize dozens of other dams envisaged under its plan to be the “Battery of Southeast Asia.”