Rivers and lakes

The Mekong

Mekong River Commission to revise dam guidelines

Hydropower developers and representatives of the Mekong River Commission member countries met last week for the last time before finalising guidelines to mitigate the negative impacts of dam construction on the Mekong River, though conservationists expressed doubts about whether such guidelines would make a difference. Keep ...

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Shopkeepers rush to make hay as Mekong unveils its dry side

Local people have built makeshift food and drink shops on sand dunes in the middle of the Mekong River in the That Phanom district of Nakhon Phanom province, as a source of income during the upcoming dry season. Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

Flood-based livelihoods to help Mekong Delta’s water storage

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched a project on January 26 on flood-based livelihoods in support of the water storage strategy in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

World View: China’s Mekong River Dams Criticized for Affecting Other Countries’ Livelihoods

Multiple dams and hydropower projects being built in China on the Lancang Jiang River, which becomes the Mekong River when it leaves China, are having a significant effect on the livelihoods and living conditions of millions of people along the Mekong River in downstream countries. ...

Bid to ease hydro dam threats on the Mekong

Guidelines for mitigating the environmental impact and managing risks of hydropower dams in the Mekong River will be established at the end of March 2018 after discussion between Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Forty-five officials from the four countries have been meeting in Vientiane this ...

Sen David

Resource-hungry China is in overdrive as it wages water wars by stealth

China’s hyperactive dam building is a reminder that, while the international attention remains on its recidivist activities in the South China Sea’s disputed waters, it is also focusing quietly on other waters – of rivers that originate in Chinese-controlled territory like Tibet and flow to ...

Brahma Chellaney

Laos pushes ahead with Mekong dams despite environmental risks

As part of an ambitious bid to boost its hydropower output and become the ‘battery’ of Southeast Asia, the landlocked communist state of Laos now has three dam projects underway along the vast stretches of the Mekong river that wind through its rugged mountainous landscape.Keep ...

Michael Hart

Solar, wind may boost Mekong region energy

Water management in the Mekong region is, in practice, dominated by energy objectives. In Cambodia, the priority is to substitute domestically produced hydropower for expensive diesel and electricity imports. In Laos, the priority is to generate revenue by drawing in foreign investment in dams and export ...

VNS Reporter

Enhancing regional water cooperation

Water management in the Mekong region is, in practice, dominated by energy objectives. In Cambodia, the priority is to substitute domestically produced hydropower for expensive diesel and electricity imports. In Laos, the priority is to generate revenue by drawing in foreign investment in dams and ...

PhnomPenh Post Reporters

Mekong observation projects launched

The Mekong River Commission on January 17 launched two joint projects to better manage the Mekong basin resources and address flood and drought issues, especially monitoring the environmental impact of the controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam.Keep reading ...

Khuon Narim

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