Hope to initiate a regional framework on reducing the amount of ocean garbage.
Category: Mekong
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.
A new method to help track the Mekong’s rare wildlife
Scientists are targeting the Mekong’s Giant Catfish to road-test eDNA as a possible conservation planning method that might succeed where traditional monitoring methods have struggled.
Review: Last Days of the Mighty Mekong
In this compelling account, Brian Eyler travels down the river, meeting the rebels trying to save it from destruction