Lack of transparency and corruption between government and dam construction companies is at the heart of the problem preventing change.
Category: Mekong
Bangkok Declaration must wait until June
ASEAN countries agree to deal with the region’s serious marine trash problem, with leaders expected to endorse the Bangkok Declaration at the Asean Summit in Bangkok in June.
Bangkok to host marine meetings
Hope to initiate a regional framework on reducing the amount of ocean garbage.
The Mekong is mighty no more: demise of the great river system
Eyler new book notes that in the dry season of 2016, the Mekong dropped so low in the Laotian capital, Vientiane, that people could almost walk across it to Thailand.
Ancient Angkor’s mysterious decline may have been slow, not sudden
Now the scientists suspect that the steady departure of bigwigs caused the water system to fall into disrepair and ultimately fail.
The Mekong: troubled waters in autocratic lands
The autocratisation of the Mekong region has significant implications at a time when its giant neighbour China continues a long march to the south.
Waste-to-energy: A renewable opportunity for Southeast Asia?
China’s experience offers lessons for countries facing growing waste problems and energy demand.
A new paradigm for a changing world order
Pollution is one of many challenges Asean people face today. Clear political leadership within Asean is needed and its agenda can no longer be set by bureaucrats.
Dams help in socio-economic development
Academics making Beijing’s case for the contribution of dams in the Lancang-Mekong River corridor.
When Floods Cross Borders, Satellite Data Can Help
If local leaders in Cambodia had had access to satellite data that kept them informed of the status of the dam in Laos, they may have been able to prevent the loss of many lives.