Beijing Review A survey of the geological and ecological environment in the headwaters of the Yellow River has indicated that glaciers cover an area of 1,051 square kilometers in the region, 196 square kilometers below the maximum recorded in 1976. This suggests a melting rate of 989 million cubic meters per year. In the 1970s, [...]
By Mai Vong for Thanh Nien Daily HCMC has been ranked among the 10 cities most endangered worldwide by climate change. This ranking comes from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. Water levels in the Saigon River have risen 1.5 centimeters a year in recent years while more than half of Can Tho City [...]
Written by SAM RITH AND MARIKA HILL | Phnom Penh Post “The [WWF] should have talked to me. We support working together to alleviate those problems, but they just released [the report] to the world and have destroyed our reputation,” he said. “If the dolphins disappear [from Cambodia], it will be recorded in history that [...]
From Marwaan Macan-Markar | IPS BANGKOK, Jun 25 (IPS) - For now, the lower stretches of the Mekong River remain a symbol of peace and tranquillity in a region that was once bloodied by war. But for how long? That question is gaining attention following fears expressed by environmentalists that plans to build 11 large [...]
VOA-By Songrit Pongern. Bangkok, Thailand Mr. Abhisit assured TERRA representatives that he will take up the issue of dam construction on the Mekong River for discussion at the bilateral, regional and international levels, whether with the Mekong River Commission, with Thailand’s fellow ASEAN members, or with ASEAN’s dialogue partners. However, he stressed that the Thai [...]
Monsters & Critics Phnom Penh - A Cambodian official Wednesday threatened to suspend the operations of an international wildlife group after it released a report claiming an endangered dolphin species was at risk of extinction due to pollution in the Mekong River. Touch Seang Tana, chairman of Cambodia’s Commission for Conversation and Development of the [...]
VietNamNet Bridge The co-director of a Thai NGO, TERRA (Towards Ecological Recovery & Regional Alliance), Premrudee Daoroung, talked with Tuoi Tre Daily about dams on the Mekong River. TERRA is a lead organizer in the campaign to collect signatures for the “Save the Mekong” petition. What’s the impact on Thailand of damming the main channel [...]
ThanhNien News Just Laos, Thailand and Cambodia are planning eleven big hydropower dams on mainstream Mekong River, which will limit the deposit of silt, acidify agricultural land, and decimate upstream fish stocks, affecting hundreds of thousands of fishermen and their households, said Ngo Xuan Quang of the Vietnam’s Institute of Tropical Biology. Speaking to Thanh [...]
From The BBC A seemingly obscure agreement on traffic rights between Vietnam, Laos and Thailand now allows trucks to transit the three countries without having to unload cargo at border crossings for trans-shipment. This will cut costs and time for regional trade, funding agencies say, and is expected to have far-reaching consequences for the region’s [...]
19 June 2009 | ADB MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Ministers from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) nations have endorsed a comprehensive plan of action to expand and strengthen cooperation in key areas, including energy and human resource development. In a joint statement delivered at the 15th GMS Ministerial Conference in Petchburi province, Thailand, the ministers, [...]