Category: Mekong
Shipping plastic waste to poor countries just got harder
Under the amended treaty, exporters must first obtain consent from the governments of receiving nations before shipping the most contaminated, mixed, or unrecyclable plastic waste.
Wild tigers face extinction; this man pursues those responsible
Nowhere else is tiger commodification more complete than in tiger farming, where it is raised, butchered for parts and sold for tens of thousands of dollars–and Laos leads the way.
Fighting climate change with bamboo
Eleven percent of CO2 emissions are attributed to embodied emission which refers to carbon that is released during the construction process and material manufacturing. Use of bamboo can reduce this.
Why the Melting of the Hindu Kush and Himalayan Glaciers Matters
The entire region whose rivers are fed by this water source, including the Mekong, is headed for an immense climate crisis by 2100, scientists warn.
Where Did All the Free-Flowing Rivers Go?
For the Mekong River, more dams will mean less and less sediment transport to the fertile Mekong River Delta in southern Vietnam, a hub of the country’s agriculture.
Sand mining ‘mafias’ destroying environment, livelihoods – UN
Communities in the Asian deltas are the biggest losers, with the combined effect of sand mining, hydropower dams and groundwater extraction causing large areas of land to sink and shrink.
Environmentalist warns of long-term impacts of reckless hydropower development
Hydropower-reliant countries will face significant negative impacts in the long-term and could see a repeat of the tragic bursting of the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy dam in Laos last July that killed dozens.
Giving a dam about the Mekong
The EIA done on behalf of dam developers downplayed environmental damage and overlooked transboundary effects of river damming.
Consultation meeting moves forward Mekong water cooperation mechanism
Supported by China’s Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund, this meeting is part of the Mekong Institute’s project on Transboundary Cooperation Mechanism on Adaptation to Climate Change and Hydropower Development.