The latest dam incident is a strong reminder that profit is not everything, and that dams come with a high risk.
Category: Thailand
Water management tools no longer effective: forum
Unpredictable and extreme rainfall patterns caused by climate change make the management of water in reservoirs very challenging.
In Search of Maritime Grand Strategy: Thailand’s fisheries policy under the military rule
Despite no official record, some believed the number of kidnapped and unregistered workers could be up to 200,000.
Can Cambodia’s farmers survive climate change?
With fields too hot and productivity too low, it is no surprise that Thailand has such an influx of Cambodian workers.
Statement on the collapse of the Xe Pian – Xe Nam Noy Hydropower Project
Much of Laos and the Mekong are vulnerable to such disasters and to broader environmental threats of large hydropower dams the Mekong.
New Booklet Explains MRC’s Rule-based Mekong Water Cooperation
Online publication to help understand how the regional intergovernmental organization promotes rule-based water cooperation among MRC member countries.
Addressing development along the Mekong river
“China does not tell us what to do in our respective centres.” Interview on China creating the Global Centre Mekong Study (GCMS) to conduct academic research on the Mekong.
China’s ambitious plans to power Southeast Asia
China is helping Laos with its plans to develop as a regional power hub supplying electricity to Southeast Asia and China’s Yunnan province.
Mekong region faces even greater forest losses, WWF warns
With less than 30% of Greater Mekong’s forests remaining, new WWF report highlights efforts by people and communities trying to stop the devastation.
Thailand moves to send poor quality plastic waste back where it came from
“The old option for rich nations to ship their waste halfway across the planet is disappearing.”