Xayaburi is the first lower Mekong River dam to attempt to mitigating environmental and social impacts through state-of-the-art facilities to flush sediments and to allow passage of migrating fish.
Category: Mekong
Thailand to sign rail pact with Laos, China
The memorandum will detail the framework for the three countries in relation to the railway network from southern China via Laos to Thailand.
The Toll of Tourism: Can Southeast Asia Save Its Prized Natural Areas?
The famous Koh Phi Phi Ley in Thailand is closed indefinitely–beach needs time for its ecology to fully recover years of tourist abuse.
Tighter control on transnational food industry required to solve haze problem: expert
Action against monoculture corn cultivation both inside Thailand and in neighbouring countries is urgent, or the transboundary haze problem will never be solved.
Asia-Pacific countries ranked from being most green to least
Thailand & Vietnam are ranked last.
‘Mekong water level in Kratie set to decrease’
Observers expressed concern that the reduced water flow from the Chinese dam will increase the Mekong’s temperature in Kratie province, possibly resulting in the death of some species of fish.
Can technology save ASEAN’s food supplies from climate change?
A pressing need to feed a big population with little agricultural land and shirking fish stocks could spur innovation.
MRC awards green campaign winners to raise awareness of plastic pollution
The six winners were selected from 85 people who had posted their environmental action as part of the “Let’s Act Green for a Greener Mekong” campaign.
Laos urged to address dam project impacts
Calls on Lao PDR to make every necessary effort to address and mitigate potential adverse cross-border impacts of the project.
Asian Media Has Misled the Public on Air Pollution
The new report Hazy Perceptions analyzed more than half a million social media posts from across the region and “…finds that public perceptions about air pollution do not match the evidence.”