A foundation for the long term cooperation and prosperity for China and ASEAN by Phạm Phan Long for Viet Ecology Foundation Lancang-Mekong River is the world’s 11th longest river running through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. In terms of bio-diversity, Lancang-Mekong is second only after the Amazon. For thousands of years, the river [...]
International Rivers Decision Delay a Temporary Reprieve for Mekong River Bangkok, Thailand: Government representatives from the four lower Mekong Basin countries agreed today that the decision on the Xayaburi Dam, the first dam proposed for the lower Mekong mainstream, be deferred and elevated to the Ministerial level. According to a press release from the Mekong [...]
Op Ed from The Bangkok Post The dispute over whether to build the first hydro-electric dam on our region’s share of the Mekong River has reached an abysmal low point. Governments, businesses and bankers have broken their understanding with Lao residents and civil society. Backers of the Xayaburi dam in northern Laos were to submit [...]
VietnamNet With meteorologists forecasting a longer, harsher drought for the Mekong Delta this summer, authorities in the region’s coastal provinces are trying to provide sufficient water for both crops and daily house. Coastal provinces on the southern side of the Hau River, one of the two main tributaries of Mekong River , are most vulnerable [...]
Move it along now! Next Tuesday, a crucial decision will be made over the fate of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. On April 19th, the governments of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam will decide whether to build the first dam on the lower Mekong mainstream, the Xayaburi Dam. If you also object to this [...]
By Supalak Ganjanakhundee for The Nation Some 400 people from provinces along the Mekong River in the North and Northeast gathered yesterday in Nong Khai’s Si Chiang Mai district to voice their opposition against Laos’ proposed Xayaburi hydropower project, which they believe will have a negative impact on their lives. The protesters also signed a [...]
By MARSHA SILLS for 2the advocate in Baton Rouge Louisiana Lafayette team shares expertise on river ecology LAFAYETTE — A project designed to educate people living along the Mekong River about the potential effects of dam developments on their way of life is being produced in Lafayette. “Forecast Mekong” is a project of the U.S. [...]