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Civic groups call for reviews into Mekong River dam projects
China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia must find a solution to contain ecological damage already caused by 11 operational dams and another 11 to be built on the lower Mekong.
Mekong river in Nakhon Phanom ‘lowest in almost 100 years’
The water levels in all the Mekong river’s tributaries including Nam Oun, Nam Songkhram and Nam Kam are also very low.
Mekong River drops to lowest level in a century around Thai, Lao, Myanmar border
Recent satellite images show a drastic lowering of the water level in the river exposing many islets and sandbars adding as it passes through the ‘Golden Triangle’.
Over 10,000 tons of illegal timber seized in four months
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation seized over 10,000 tons of illegal timber during four months of this fiscal year, with Sagaing Region topping the list with over 3,100 tons.
Launching submerged forest plantation in Mekong Delta region
Part of a pair of resolutions that offer creative solutions associated with real life to protect coastal areas in the Mekong Delta in particular and in the country in general.
Thai PM has “grave concerns”, orders army to be on standby over drought in north
Has instructed armed forces to provide help to a situation which may be made worse by the test run of the Xayaburi dam on the Laos section of the Mekong River.
Dam disaster on the way
This year’s dearth of rain partly explains the sharp drop in water, dams built on the river in China and Laos must also take the blame for stopping water from flowing freely along the river.
Faster implementation of power projects needed in Chin State
Among them, a Chinese company signed five MOUs with the state government in early July to carry out studies in Hakha, the state capital, as well as Matupi, Htantlang and Paletwa townships to build 30MW hydropower plants while a Norwegian company has so far invested US$50 million in three medium-scale hydropower projects of under 30MW to be built in Kanpetlet.