They are offering scientific assistance and signing collaborative agreements on a scale not seen since the United States and the former Soviet Union vied with each other to fund researchers.
Category: Mekong
ADB boosts support for region
Vietnam accounts for nearly 40 percent of the ADB’s SEA regional operations. Myanmar receives 7 percent and Thailand just 1 percent.
Sediment starvation along the Mekong (report)
Results indicate that the 133 dams built as planned would trap 96% of the river’s former sediment supply.
Mekong River Commission Declares New Commitment To Flood, Drought Management
The improved Center aims to provide faster and accurate flood and drought forecasting and warning information throughout the year to communities potentially affected by rapid fluctuations in water levels and more extreme floods and droughts.
The environmental catastrophe you’ve probably never heard of
According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), sand mining of river deltas, such as the Yangtze and Mekong, is increasing the risk of climate-related disasters, because there’s not enough sediment to protect against flooding.
The Missing Voices at China’s Belt and Road Summit
The communities who will be directly impacted by Chinese mega-projects will not be represented in Beijing this week.
Thai Foundation Partners with Global Fund to Eliminate Drug-Resistant Malaria
The Regional Artemisinin resistance Initiative was launched in 2014 to counter the growing threat of drug-resistant malaria in the Mekong Subregion with the aim of eliminating the most dangerous strain of the disease by 2025.