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- U.S. To Spend $187 Million on Lower Mekong Initiative
- Lao PDR steps up wetlands protection
- U.S Collaboration with the Lower Mekong Countries on the Environment, Health and Education
- Arsenic exposure remains hot issue
- Processors run low on shrimp, tra fish exports rise
- Laos earns first 600,000 dollars off controversial hydropower plant
- Mekong Delta sees expansion of tra fish exports
- Vietnam’s Mekong paddies dry up
- Mekong dam projects will cost more in damages, says MRC report
- Impact study for 12 Mekong dams
- Current Moonphase on The Mekong River
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U.S. To Spend $187 Million on Lower Mekong Initiative
By Merle David Kellerhals Jr. Staff Writer for U.S. Department of State Washington — The United States will spend approximately $187 million on projects to help four nations of the Lower Mekong River basin lessen the impact of climate change … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Governance, Laos, Thailand, The Mekong River, Vietnam, climate change, communications, food, health
Tagged asean, ecological diversity, food security, mekong river commission, mississippi river commission, persistent organic pollutants, regional cooperation, The Lower Mekong Initiative, Transnational Infectious Disease Cooperation, US Secretary of State
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Lao PDR steps up wetlands protection
IUCN LAO PDR has stepped up the protection of its wetlands by joining the Ramsar Convention. IUCN played a key role in the recent accession of Lao PDR to the international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands. … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Laos, The Mekong River, biodiversity, communications, conservation, ecosystem services, fish, flora and fauna, food, habitat, health, heritage, wetland
Tagged environmental protection, iucn, Mekong Water Dialogues Initiative, poverty reduction, Ramsar Convention, shared water systems, socio-economic development, The Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands, The Xe Champhone Wetlands
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U.S Collaboration with the Lower Mekong Countries on the Environment, Health and Education
From Washington DC On July 22, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Foreign Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam met in Hanoi, Vietnam within the framework of the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), to highlight the growing cooperation … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Governance, Laos, Thailand, The Mekong River, Vietnam, communications, health, tributary of the mekong
Tagged Education and Development, Forecast Mekong, Lower Mekong Initiative, mekong river basin, Rural Internet Connectivity, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Mississippi River, “sister-river” partnership
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Arsenic exposure remains hot issue
WILL BAXTER for The Phnom Penh Post NEW government figures indicate up to 150,000 people living along the Mekong and Bassac rivers are consuming water from wells laced with arsenic, a poison that can cause skin and other cancers after … Continue reading
Processors run low on shrimp, tra fish exports rise
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s two biggest seafood-export earners are on opposite sides of the coin, as some shrimp processors have been forced to run at one-third capacity, while a focus on quality has boosted tra fish exports. Shrimp and tra … Continue reading
Laos earns first 600,000 dollars off controversial hydropower plant
EarthTimes Vientiane, Laos – The Lao government earned 600,000 dollars off the Nam Theun II hydropower plant last month, its first revenue from the ecologically controversial project, project sources said Tuesday. According to a joint report issued by the World … Continue reading
Posted in Laos, The Mekong River, hydropower, tributary of the mekong
Tagged 2 dollars a day, ADB, asian development bank, Electricite de France SA, Electricty Generating Public Co (EGO), finance poverty reduction, Hinboun district, Italian-Thai Development PCL (ITD), Khammouane province, Nam Theun II, World Bank
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Mekong dam projects will cost more in damages, says MRC report
By Chularat Saengpassa and Pongphon Sarnsamak for The Nation A recent report from the Mekong River Commission revealed that 12 dams in Lower Mekong River would cause serious problems for the two million people living downstream in Laos, Thailand and … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Governance, Laos, Thailand, The Mekong River, biodiversity, fish, flora and fauna, habitat, hydropower, tributary of the mekong, wetland
Tagged ban koum, dams, Don Sahong, hydroelectric dams, hydropower, Impact Assessment and Discussion Draft, Latsua, luang prabang, mainstream dams, mekong river commission, MRC SEA for Hydropower on Mekong Mainstream, Pak Beng, Pak Chom, Pak Lay, Saiyaburi, Sambor, Sanakham, Stung Treng, Thakho
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Impact study for 12 Mekong dams
By Hoang Nam for Viet Nam News HCM CITY — International experts and multi-stakeholders met in HCM City yesterday for the final workshop on the environmental and social impacts of 12 proposed hydropower dams on the mainstream lower Mekong. About … Continue reading
Posted in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Governance, Laos, Thailand, The Mekong River, Vietnam, biodiversity, communications, flora and fauna, habitat, health, hydropower, infrastructure, mekong ecoregion, salinity
Tagged biodiversity, ecological integrity, fish migration, fisheries, livelihoods, lower mekong, river morphology, salinity, sediment balance, strategic environment assessment, The 1995 Mekong Agreement
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US raps on Asian shrimpers’ doors after oil spill
By MARGIE MASON for The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam — As the Gulf Coast oil spill continues to gush, U.S. seafood suppliers are turning to Asia to ensure Americans have enough shrimp for their gumbos, Creoles and cocktails this summer, … Continue reading
Letter to Mekong River Commission by Save the Mekong Coalition
Save the Mekong Coalition Tuesday, June 15, 2010 To: Mr. Jeremy Bird, Chief Executive Officer, Mekong River Commission Secretariat, Vientiane, Lao PDR. To Mr. Bird, As you are aware, in 2010 the Mekong Region has suffered its worse drought in … Continue reading