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admin wrote a new post, Lithuania’s two newest Ramsar Sites, on the site Mouth to Source 3 hours, 49 minutes ago
Dwight Peck from the Ramsar Secretariat.
The Ministry of Environment of Lithuania has designated two new Wetlands of International Importance, bringing the Convention’s global total to 1,970 Ramsar Sites with a […]
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admin wrote a new post, China and Neighbors Begin Joint Mekong River Patrols, on the site The Mekong River 11 hours, 1 minute ago
By Edward Wong for The NYT
BEIJING — Chinese border guards began joint patrols Saturday on the Mekong River with counterparts from Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. The […]
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admin wrote a new post, A Sacred River Under Assault, on the site Mouth to Source 1 day, 1 hour ago
By Dan Morrison for Latitude-The New York Times
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Late Monday night, at an ashram near the Ganges, an iron-willed former chemistry professor called Swami Shivanand took his first bite of food […]
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admin wrote a new post, Mekong dam reprieve, on the site The Mekong River 1 day, 6 hours ago
Milton Osbourne for The Lowy Interpreter
At a meeting of the Council of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, yesterday the issue of whether or not Laos should be able to go ahead with its […]
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Scores die in worst Mekong flooding since 2000, on the site The Mekong River 2 days, 8 hours ago
Reuters
HANOI (Reuters) - More than 100 people in Cambodia and southern Vietnam have died in the worst flooding along the Mekong River in 11 years after heavy rain swamped homes, washed away bridges and forced […]
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Dam controversy: Remaking the Mekong, on the site The Mekong River 2 days, 8 hours ago
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Flooding in Southeast Asia, on the site The Mekong River 2 days, 8 hours ago
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Tears flow at stupa unveiling, on the site The Mekong River 2 days, 8 hours ago
Mom Kunthear for the Phnom Penh Post
Relatives of those who died in the stampede on the bridge to Koh Pich last year said they had to force themselves to attend yesterday’s ceremony inaugurating a stupa built […]
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Water Festival Canceled, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 8 hours ago
AKP Phnom Penh, October 13, 2011 –
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen this afternoon announced to cancel the Water Festival, which is scheduled to be held on Nov. 9-11 due to the […]
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Floods in Cambodia, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 8 hours ago
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Did the Three Gorges Dam create China’s devastating drought?, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 8 hours ago
China’s Academy of Social Sciences says the Three Gorges Dam is not to blame for this year’s devastating drought. That is wrong, says Probe International’s Patricia Adams, who explains why Three Gorges is making […]
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, The world’s original scientists’ observations of climate change, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 8 hours ago
Survival International
As the UN’s climate change conference begins in Durban, Survival calls for the ecological knowledge and insights of tribal peoples to be heeded in global decisions concerning climate […]
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Google Earth Shows How Dams Could Worsen Climate Change, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 8 hours ago
Glad to see this make the National Geographic
A project of two NGOs highlights far-ranging effects of damming rivers.
Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers
Ker […]
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Xayaburi: The First Domino in the Series of Mainstream Dams in the Lower Mekong Basin, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 8 hours ago
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Southeast Asia Set to Square Off Again on Xayaburi, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 8 hours ago
By James Hookway for The Wall Street Journal
Laos’s plans to establish itself as the hydroelectric powerhouse of Southeast Asia will likely face a fierce challenge this week from neighboring Vietnam and […]
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Paul Stewart wrote a new post, Mekong Governments Delay the Xayaburi Dam Pending Further Study, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 8 hours ago
International Rivers
Civil Society Demands Clear Commitment from Laos to Stop All Construction Activities
Siem Reap, Cambodia – In a crucial decision for the people and ecosystems of the Mekong River Basin, […]
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admin wrote a new post, Mekong Governments Delay the Xayaburi Dam Pending Further Study, on the site Mouth to Source 2 days, 9 hours ago
International Rivers
Civil Society Demands Clear Commitment from Laos to Stop All Construction Activities
Siem Reap, Cambodia – In a crucial decision for the people and ecosystems of the Mekong River Basin, […]
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admin wrote a new post, Southeast Asia Set to Square Off Again on Xayaburi, on the site Mouth to Source 5 days, 10 hours ago
By James Hookway for The Wall Street Journal
Laos’s plans to establish itself as the hydroelectric powerhouse of Southeast Asia will likely face a fierce challenge this week from neighboring Vietnam and […]
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Hudson wrote a new post, EPA’s “New” Clean Water Strategy Still Doesn’t Go Far Enough, on the site The Hudson River 6 days, 22 hours ago
Clean water, like clean air, should be an inalienable right for all human beings. And yes, it should be free.
Come on, let’s bite the bullet now and decide that we don’t want our children and our children’s […]
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Hudson wrote a new post, December Along the Hudson, on the site The Hudson River 6 days, 22 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
The calendar says that winter arrives in December, but it doesn’t account for year to year weather variation. December usually brings the […]
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