There are more than a dozen major regional development schemes in the Lower Mekong subregion alone.
Category: Mekong
Dam Project Killing Dolphins, Hurting Fishing and Tourism Industries
Local authorities are utilizing legal loopholes to avoid adhering to regulations that would protect the biodiversity of the Mekong River.
Where have all the good Asian jobs gone?
Emerging nations like Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar struggle to follow Japan and China up employment value chain with not solution in sight.
Modern slavery and climate change
The fishing industry in Thailand is a clear example of how climate change and modern slavery are connected. The demand for cheap seafood is leading to worsening abusive and exploitative conditions for fishing labourers.
Environment Minister calls for wild orchid protection
Thailand has recorded more than 1,500 species, Vietnam more than 700, Laos more than 500 and Cambodia more than 300 — threatened by forest clearing and illegal wild orchid traders.
Dynamics of cooperation mechanisms in the Mekong
Such mechanisms increasingly perceived by some older members of Asean as a threat to further geopolitically divide mainland Southeast Asia.
Fish species in troubled water
USAID organised a workshop bringing in a number of experts to identify high-priority data needed to tackle the issue of fish migration in the Mekong Basin.
Austrian Turbine Company Should Uphold Human Rights in Mekong Principles In Mega Dam Project
EarthRights International and its allies call jointly on the Austrian turbine manufacturer to fully implement environmental and human rights obligations.
Where are the women in aquaculture and fisheries?
But women are commonly not even counted in fisheries statistics. We don’t know how many there are, where they are and if their numbers are going up.
Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries
The glacier is vital to billions of people relient upon ten major rivers: Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges—are fed by seasonal melting.