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Category: Mekong
Mekong Body, Facebook Partner to Share Mekong Flood and Drought Warnings
The partnership aims to increase awareness among citizens of the four MRC member countries.
Mekong dams ‘benefit only China’
China has been accused of limiting the water to one of the world’s biggest rivers, on which 60 million people rely, to feed its hydro-electric dams.
China’s Dam-Building is Harming the Mekong River
Critics welcomed the potential for cooperation, but also said it could allow China to weaponize water for economic and geopolitical gains.
US Official Attacks China’s ‘Manipulation’ of the Mekong
Southeast Asia’s mighty river is quickly becoming a new front in US-China competition.
The Last Farewell to the Mighty Mekong
“This is a terrible disaster for the whole Mekong region. If we lose the Tonle Sap we lose the heart of the biggest inland fisheries in the world.”
Facebook joins MRC to awareness about flood and drought
The first of its kind, the collaboration aims to raise awareness among the general public in the four MRC Member Countries MRC’s flood and drought information systems.
The Rise In Plastic Waste Crime
The overwhelming amount of plastic waste now being exported from more wealthy nations to countries in the Mekong relation and elsewhere has now opened doors to criminal networks.