AFP Typhoon Ketsana has killed at least 11 people in northeastern and central Cambodia, after the storm left another 38 dead in Vietnam. Officials say nine people were killed and 35 injured in central Cambodia while two died in the northeast overnight as the country was battered by the storm. “At least nine people were [...]
From IRIN BANGKOK, 29 September 2009 (IRIN) - More than 150,000 people have been evacuated in Vietnam as governments and relief workers across parts of the Mekong region brace themselves for Typhoon Ketsana. As a tropical storm, Ketsana killed at least 240 people and displaced more than half a million people when it hit the [...]
From Amazon The Living Mekong shows how the Mekong’s seasonal rise and fall shapes daily life for the people who live on and around it, in matters from transport to festivals to fish trap design. By world standards, the Mekong fishery is immense in scale, producing around 2.5 million tons of wild fish a year, [...]
Michael Richardson | The Straits Times For Southeast Asia, by far the most important river is the Mekong. Back in 1986,when China began building the first of a series of dams on its section of the Mekong River, hardly anyone in the downstream countries paid attention. But today, as China races to finish the fourth [...]
September 8, 2009 On September 8, 2009, International Rivers sent a letter to the World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Executive Directors on the key issues that must be addressed before Nam Theun 2 begins commercial operation. A copy of the letter was also sent to the U.S Department of the Treasury and [...]
Yet again, fab WWF discovers new species in the Greater Mekong region. Greater Mekong - A bird eating fanged frog, a gecko that looks like it’s from another planet and a bird which would rather walk than fly, are among the 163 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year that are now [...]
From current.com This is the first report from Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) and deals with the Cambodian evictions from the land grab that has effected the students and the masters. Presented by Arn Chorn-Pond. These reports were filmed, edited and completed by the students in Cambodia. The DVD was then flown from Cambodia to the [...]
From Viet Nam News CUU LONG DELTA — Bird sanctuaries and stork gardens throughout the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have lost thousands of birds each year to poachers due to lax regulations. The delta has dozens of sanctuaries scattered throughout Can Tho City, and the provinces of Dong Thap, Kien Giang, An Giang, Tra Vinh, [...]
From Saigon Daily Rivers in the Mekong delta continued to rise September 21, going above the second warning level and showing no signs of abating. The An Giang Province Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center said the Tien River was flowing at 3.41 meters in Tan Chau and the Hau River at 4.37 m in Khanh An [...]
From EurekaAlert.org… 24 of world’s 33 major deltas sinking, 85 percent have experienced severe flooding recently A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates most of the world’s low-lying river deltas are sinking from human activity, making them increasingly vulnerable to flooding from rivers and ocean storms and putting tens of [...]