May 30 2011 in communications, finance, Governance, heritage, jobs, Laos, livelihoods, mekong ecoregion, The Mekong River, tourism by Paul Stewart
BY LUC CITRINOT, ETN PAKSE (eTN)- Tourism belongs to one of the most successful stories which occurred in the Mekong region over the last 15 years. The recent Mekong Tourism Forum hosted in Pakse confirmed the rising interest for this part of Asia. Over 250 participants came to the Southern Laotian city. “It is a [...]
Tags: Christine Jacquemin, mason florence, mekong tourism coordinating office, mekong tourism forum, MTCO, Pakse, Robert Hecker
May 29 2011 in agriculture, aquaculture, climate change, communications, finance, flooding, food, Governance, habitat, hydropower, livelihoods, mekong delta, mekong ecoregion, salinity, sedimentation, The Mekong River, tourism, transport, Vietnam, wetland by Paul Stewart
In lieu of the previous post about sedimentation and marine fisheries and the recent meeting in Hanoi. This concept paper dropped into my postbag here at Mouth to Source. It’s what can only be described as a MEGA project, the likes of which I’ve never seen before. A 600 kilometre sea wall to enclose the [...]
Tags: Can Tho, concept paper, Dong Ca Mau, Dong Thap Muoi, mega projects, mekong sea dyke, Ngo The Vinh, The Saemageum Seawall, Viet Ecology Foundation
May 28 2011 in agriculture, aquaculture, biodiversity, ecosystem services, erosion, fish, flooding, flora and fauna, food, habitat, health, hydropower, mekong delta, mekong ecoregion, salinity, sedimentation, The Mekong River, Vietnam by Paul Stewart
VietNamNet Bridge Much has been said about the impacts of dams on freshwater fish stocks in the Mekong River. However, the effects on marine fishery output also deserve thorough consideration. The Mekong Delta boasts Vietnam’s biggest marine fishery output although its coastline is only some 736km long, less than a quarter of Vietnam’s. Figures from [...]
Tags: marine fishery, mekong river commission, MRC
May 24 2011 in biodiversity, communications, conservation, fish, flora and fauna, habitat, Thailand, The Mekong River, tributary of the mekong by Paul Stewart
Lets Rock! For Led Zeppelin fans and ichthyologists alike (really?) this takes the biscuit. Jimmy Page meets Larry Page in an unlikely combo on the Mekong river - Mouth to Source Apinya Wipatayotin for The Bangkok Post writes… A new freshwater fish species discovered in natural water sources in Thailand a decade ago has been [...]
Tags: Bung Khong Long lake, Chavalit Vidthayanon, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gibson EDS-1275, ichthyology, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, iucn, Justin Havird, Kutting swamp, Larry Page, Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University's Khorat Fossil Museum, new fish species, Ramsar Convention, Zootaxa
May 11 2011 in Cambodia, communications, ecosystem services, finance, Governance, hydropower, Laos, mekong delta, mekong ecoregion, Thailand, The Mekong River, Vietnam by Paul Stewart
Milton Osborne for The Interpreter At a Mekong River Commission (MRC) meeting on 19 April in Phnom Penh, Cambodian and Vietnamese officials recorded their Governments’ firm opposition the Xayaburi dam the Lao Government has proposed building on the Mekong’s mainstream between Luang Prabang and Vientiane. This was followed by sharp rejections of the dam from [...]
Tags: asean, Ch Kamchang, mekong river commission, MRC, Sambor Dam, Xayaburi dam
May 9 2011 in communications, ecosystem services, finance, flora and fauna, Governance, habitat, health, heritage, hydropower, Laos, livelihoods, mekong delta, mekong ecoregion, The Mekong River, Vietnam by Paul Stewart
By Thuy Nguyen for SGGP Lao Prime Minister Thoongsing Thammavong has told his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung that Laos had decided to postpone the construction of the controversial Xayaburi hydropower project, and would conduct more environmental impact assessments with international experts. The Lao PM announced this during his meeting with the Vietnamese PM on [...]
Tags: 18th ASEAN Summit, CH Karnchang, EIA, environmental impact assessment, mekong river commission, MRC, Nguyen Tan Dung, Thoongsing Thammavong, Xayaburi dam, Xayaburi Power Company Limited