Jul 18 2011 in biodiversity, Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, communications, ecosystem services, finance, fish, Governance, habitat, health, heritage, hydropower, Laos, livelihoods, mekong ecoregion, resettlement, Thailand, The Mekong River, tributary of the mekong, Vietnam, water services by Paul Stewart
Say Mony, VOA Khmer | Siem Reap The race for hydropower development among Mekong countries could lead to conflicts or even war over water, regional security experts say. Hydroelectric projects have begun to spring up across the Mekong River, with some already under way and other already creating tensions between Southeast Asian neighbors. Experts on [...]
Tags: Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, mekong river commission, RAD International, water conflict
Jul 17 2011 in biodiversity, Cambodia, China, conservation, ecosystem services, erosion, finance, Governance, habitat, health, heritage, hydropower, livelihoods, mekong ecoregion, resettlement, sanitation, sedimentation, water services by Paul Stewart
Peter Bosshard for the Phnom Penh Post China counts half of all the world’s large dams within its borders. During the last 10 years, Chinese companies have also successfully conquered the global market for hydropower projects. With the Kamchay Dam and five other projects under construction, Chinese companies are also the dominant player in Cambodia’s [...]
Tags: Da Dai dam, Kamchay Dam, Kirirom III dam, Lower Stung Russey dam, mekong river commission, MRC, Sambor Dam, Stung Atay dam, Stung Tatai dam, The Tonlé Sap Lake, The Tonlé Sap river, The Yangtze River, Three Gorges Dam, toxic algae blooms, Xayaburi dam
Jul 16 2011 in biodiversity, Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, finance, Governance, habitat, health, heritage, Laos, livelihoods, mekong ecoregion, resettlement, sedimentation, Thailand, The Mekong River, Vietnam, water services by Paul Stewart
Thanh Nien News Activists in the ongoing fight against Mekong dams worry that recent US opposition has come too little, too late. Rising US interest in protecting the Mekong River from deleterious dams has been welcomed by environmentalists and non-governmental organizations. Some observers, however, worry that the recent US overtures will not suffice to shelve [...]
Tags: AusAID, Australian Mekong Resource Center, CH Karnchang, David Blake, EGAT, electricity generating authority of thailand, mekong river commission, MRC, Nam Ngum 2, Philip Hirsch, Pöyry Group, Senator Jim Webb, University of East Anglia, university of sydney, usa, Xayaburi dam project
Jul 11 2011 in China, finance, Governance, heritage, Laos, Thailand, The Mekong River, tourism by Paul Stewart
Edward Loxton reports from Kapok City for The Independent A playground for businessmen is thriving on land leased from the Laos government. It may be well down river from the People’s Republic, but the red flag of China flies prominently among other national standards at a jetty on the Thai bank of the Mekong River. [...]
Tags: casino, gambling, Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, Kapok City, KingsRomans, sin city
Jul 7 2011 in biodiversity, Cambodia, conservation, finance, fish, flora and fauna, Governance, habitat, health, Laos, livelihoods, mekong ecoregion, resettlement, sedimentation, Thailand, The Mekong River, Vietnam, water services by Paul Stewart
AFP WASHINGTON — US senators on Thursday urged greater environmental safeguards for dams on the Mekong River, calling on Washington to use its influence through global lenders to encourage a sustainable approach. A bill introduced in the Senate applauds the delay in Laos of construction of the $3.8 billion Xayaburi project and called for further [...]
Tags: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Jim Webb, The Lower Mekong Initiative, Xayaburi dam
Jul 6 2011 in aquaculture, Cambodia, ecosystem services, fish, flooding, flora and fauna, food, habitat, health, heritage, livelihoods, mekong delta, mekong ecoregion, The Mekong River, tributary of the mekong, water services, wetland by Paul Stewart
Although this report is dated from 2001 it still provides a valuable insight into the fisheries of the Tonlé Sap and the Lower Mekong Basin - Mouth to Source FLOODS, FLOODPLAINS AND FISH PRODUCTION IN THE MEKONG BASIN:PRESENT AND PAST TRENDS E. Baran, N. van Zalinge and Ngor Peng Bun Abstract: This paper deals with [...]
Tags: dai, fish migration, flood pulse, The Tonlé Sap Lake, The Tonlé Sap river