Calls into question the financial viability of major hydo-electric dams in the Mekong basin.
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Demand for animal feed threatens a tropical paradise
As one of the biggest poultry exporters in the world means huge demand for corn feed, quickly exhausting soils.
Cambodia: saving forests a matter of life and death
It is just a matter of time until it all disappears, given the level of greed involved.
Karen group says plan to protect forests ignores people’s rights
A vast forested area is the focus of disagreement between those who want to conserve it, and present and former residents for whom it is home.
On the Mekong, questions arise over impact of favoring hydropower
As new data emerge on the real potential economic and environmental costs of large dams, countries in the region are beginning to show some tentative signs of rethinking their options.
Solar Surge Threatens Hydro Future on Mekong
Thousands of megawatts of wind and solar energy contracts in the Mekong have been signed, challenging the financial viability of major hydropower projects.
Drowning for Progress in Cambodia
The Cambodian village of Kbal Romeas is slowly vanishing beneath the rising waters of a lake formed by the Lower Sesan II (LS2) dam.
Mekong Delta ready for fight against climate change
As hot weather peaks, authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong Delta) region are stepping up efforts to cope with forest fires and salinisation as a response to climate change.
Cambodian community shows power of connecting nature and humanity
When communities manage their own natural resources, they strengthen the movement for earth rights, but they’re worried about damming in the Mekong Basin.
Grave concern-uncertain action: Mekong Eye’s MRC 3rd Summit news roundup
After a two-day international conference and two days of ministerial meetings, the story out of Siam Reap this week is of escalating problems, but uncertainty about actions.