If climate change, in the form of floods or droughts, occurs it would pose a serious impact on the lower downstream areas of the Mekong. The proposed project lacks measures to minimise the impact.
Category: Mekong
Countries urge Laos to conduct dam impact studies
Representatives of Vietnam said the Lao government should consider halting the Luang Prabang Dam and instead focus on renewable energy.
Thais spike China-led plan to dredge Mekong river
The Thai cabinet decided “to stop the project” after Beijing failed to stump up the money for further surveys of the area to be dredged.
Nitrous oxide emissions from cascade hydropower reservoirs in the upper Mekong River
Nitrous oxide emissions in the upper Mekong River were increased by cascade dams.
Planned hydropower dams threaten fish in the tropics
For the first time, researchers have mapped the impact of current and future river dams on fish habitats worldwide.
Southeast Asia’s most critical river is entering uncharted waters
“Everywhere you look there are indications that this river, which has provided for so many, for so long, is at a breaking point.”
Banks need to take Belt and Road environmental risks seriously
At the Myitsone dam in Myanmar, Chinese investors faced the worst-case scenario, locking in funds indefinitely after the dam was suspended on environmental grounds.
NASA Satellites show Mekong Changes From Brown To Green
Very problematic for people who rely on the Mekong because the high algae concentration has been clogging fishing nets and making it difficult to fish.
How China is choking the Mekong
The reality that has unfolded over the past ten years, however, has been more dire than residents could have ever imagined.