So far Thailand country has refused to acknowledge its responsibility for causing massive ecological damage to the ecosystem and deal with serious consequences suffered by people downstream.
Category: Mekong
Mekong Nations Promise Cooperation But Skip Disputes Over Damming The River
The leaders of the Mekong countries presumably are aware of the problems, but the overwhelming desire is not to offend China.
Did Vietnam Just Doom the Mekong?
In joining the Lao effort to build the Luang Prabang hydropower project, Hanoi reverses policy, putting Vietnam’s credibility and the Mekong’s fate on the line.
Development Partners Remind Laos of the Regional Effects of its Hydropower Projects
The statement was endorsed by Australia, the European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and the World Bank Group.
Exhibition highlighting biological resources of Mekong region opens
Summit promotes Mekong-Korea Biodiversity Center to be established in Myanmar to promote the various uses of the region’s biological resources, such as in skin care and cosmetic products.
MRC council approves new strategy to address droughts
A Data and Information System Reinvigoration, as well as a Basin Development and Strategic Plan, would potentially increase short-term and long-term benefits for the river basin’s management.
Officials to meet on Mekong crisis as fishing communities suffer
Mekong River Commission will meet in Phnom Penh as dams and drought take toll on the once-mighty waterway.