Experts from the US, the UK, Lower Mekong Basin Region agreed that cascade reservoirs along the Lancang River helped alleviate the drought downstream.
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Controversial Luang Prabang Dam Construction Well Underway in Laos
Thai developer clearing land for the project is permitted to proceed with limited construction despite having yet to sign a hydropower sale pact required for approval.
Aswin says Bangkok ready for annual toxic dust deluge
Schools have been told to avoid organising outdoors activities as much as possible and should levels become high, be ready to close for up to three days.
$400 million transmission line to bring in Laos, Thailand power
To be timely for 2024, when a Laos-based coal power plant is due for completion, the construction will start from next year.
Development project of Mekong Delta interdisciplinary database
To implement an integrated solutions, connectivity, sharing, linking databases between ministries, central agencies and the Mekong River Commission.
As Wetlands Ail, conservationist sees future in villagers’ guardianship
Seila is one of the few conservationists who spends the many hours of listening needed to earn the trust of locals.
River Of Tears: How Chinese Dams Are Devastating The Mekong
The Mekong is in danger, and so are the fish, vegetation and people it has nourished since living memory.
Frightened by river changes, villagers blame Laos dam, seek answers
CHAN MUYHONG & DANELLE OLSEN The sun cast its warmest rays before dusk across the farms on Koh Pnov, one of the Mekong River islands substantial enough to survive the river’s seasonal rise and fall. Though usually drenched by the late afternoon showers of rainy season, on a bright August afternoon village leaders recounted the […]
With activists silenced, China moves ahead on big dam project
The resurrection of a controversial dam project along the Yangtze River is the latest sign that the China’s environmental movement is being muzzled.
Can the Mekong be saved?
October 28th webinar on the role of science and local knowledge in tackling the threats facing Mekong ecosystems and communities