MRC says Mekong River dams will cut GDP by US$28 billion, aggravate food insecurity and poverty, and reverse the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Forum slams Mekong dam construction, warns livelihoods at stake
Hydroelectric dams in several countries on the mainstream of the Mekong River has seriously impacted people living along it, a forum heard last week.
Greens take on China’s infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia
NGOs along the Mekong are taking advantage of tougher environmental compliance to pressure Chinese companies.
Thailand’s Special Economic Zones Fail to Deliver
Due to competing investment schemes, the distance from the main centers of Thailand’s economy, and an unclear political future, SEZ’s are unlikely to live up to expectations.
Mekong Nation Leaders to Hold Summit Amid Concerns About Dams
What’s at stake when leaders from Mekong countries convene a summit early next month to reaffirm their “political commitment” to a 1995 cooperative agreement?
New Climate Change Fears, Old Mekong Problems
The evidence continues to pile up on the river’s bleak future, but development and management practices continue to ignore the facts.
Women’s sustainable coastal management struggle against EEC port expansion
Women’s efforts to restore and sustain fisheries and communities near Thailand’s Laem Chabang deep sea port are in an uphill battle to survive
Environmental fears as EEC plans rushed
Local residents express worry: we fear the impacts on our way of life, as we do not see any development and promotion of … agriculture and fisheries, which are the livelihoods of local people, in the EEC plan.
Hydropower construction 90% complete
The developer has said natural-like fish ladders have been developed to enable fish to migrate upstream and downstream.
Laos Pak Beng Dam Officials Fail to Address Concerns of Mekong Residents
Datang (Lao) Pak Beng Hydropower Co Ltd and the Lao government yesterday met in Chiang Rai with the Network of local people who could be affected by the Pak Beng Dam.