“In other words, to have mutually beneficial results from BRI engagement, China and Myanmar must cooperate as equal partners with respect for each other.”
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Thai Officials Warn of Extremely Low Water Reserves
Saksiri Yusuk, director of the irrigation office, said low reserved water were at the Ubon Ratana dam and the Chulabhorn dam. There was enough water for only consumption and ecosystem conservation.
Myanmar conservationists find newborn dolphins in Ayeyarwady
Ayeyarwady dolphin conservationists said the discovery of the two newborns brings to 24 the number of dolphins recorded between Mandalay and Kyauk Myaung.
Vietnam’s southernmost province steadily loses land to erosion
The Mekong Delta province has 46 riverine and six coastal areas that are “severe” erosion hotspots, its agriculture department warned recently.
Cambodia looks to hydropower, but…
A number of Chinese companies have received approval from the Cambodian government to build hydropower dams across the Mekong.
‘Black gold’ – villages abandon farming to embrace lucrative trade in human hair
In the past two decades, as the effects of climate change make farming more difficult, locals have turned to another, perhaps unexpected natural resource for their livelihoods: human hair.
Laos blames droughts on climate change
For the first half of 2019, the rainfall in Nam Ou basin, the biggest of the Mekong tributaries in Laos, decreased 41 percent compared to the same period in 2018 and continued to drop to 29 percent during July to September.
Early saltwater intrusion threatens yet another Mekong Delta crisis
With saltwater intruding deep and earlier than expected, people living in the Mekong Delta face a crippling freshwater shortage.
3 insights to improve MRC’a Mekong State of the Basin Report
Mekong River Commissions recent State of the Basin Report is laudable, but the next iteration needs to serve decision-makers better.
Mekong basin’s vanishing fish signal tough times ahead in Cambodia
“Hydropower development through 2040 will eliminate migratory fish in large parts of the Mekong. No Mekong migratory fish species will be able to survive in the reservoirs of dams planned by 2020 and 2040.