Millions of people in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta could be forced to flee coastal areas.
Category: Mekong
Cambodia looks to hydropower, but…
A number of Chinese companies have received approval from the Cambodian government to build hydropower dams across the Mekong.
3 insights to improve MRC’a Mekong State of the Basin Report
Mekong River Commissions recent State of the Basin Report is laudable, but the next iteration needs to serve decision-makers better.
Mekong basin’s vanishing fish signal tough times ahead in Cambodia
“Hydropower development through 2040 will eliminate migratory fish in large parts of the Mekong. No Mekong migratory fish species will be able to survive in the reservoirs of dams planned by 2020 and 2040.
China closes Mekong River stretch
China has declared a 60-kilometre section of Mekong River off-limits to all types of boats indefinitely while rock blasting is undertaken to widen the channel for commercial shipping operations.
German government provides MRC €2 million more for Mekong support
The €2 million of additional funding is to enhance transnational water resource cooperation and support, and assist in efforts to monitor the transnational environmental impact of dams.
Southeast Asia’s rivers under threat
What many do not know about the Mekong is that it is also a dumping ground for garbage and waste deposits, making it one of the most polluted rivers in the region.
Illegal hunting a greater threat to wildlife than forest degradation
In one protected area complex, the Hue and Quang Nam Saola Nature Reserves, in central Vietnam, forest rangers collected more than 110,000 wire snares over the course of a few years.
‘Watered Down”: report on policy versus practice in flagship dam projects
Includes a case study of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project in Laos, the first time a Chinese company obtained rights to develop a cascade along an entire river basin outside of China.