Rivers and lakes

The Mekong

Mother Nature and a hydropower onslaught aren’t the Mekong Delta’s only problems

4 October 2017
Mongabay
Agricultural commodities, processing and products / Agriculture / Climate change / Crop products and commodities / Electricity production / Energy / Food security / Hydropower dams / Poverty policy and regulation / Rice / Rivers and lakes / Surface water / The Mekong / Water / Water resources
Climate Change / Drought / El Nino / Mekong Delta / Tran Minh Hai / Vietnam / Vo Tong Xuan

Early this year, many Mekong Delta farmers fought a losing battle against an epic drought, the worst since 1926. Was the drought a harbinger of climate change? Perhaps it was, but more certainly it was an artifact of El Niño. The same ocean-warming phenomenon that ...

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Rivers and lakes

The Mekong

Mother Nature and a hydropower onslaught aren’t the Mekong Delta’s only problems

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