Resources for understanding the dynamic economic, social, environmental, and political impact of development in the Mekong region
Category: Resource / PR
Climate Smart Disaster Risk Reduction Interventions in Agricultural Sector – Flood Hazard, Practitioner’s Guidebook 2019
The present study explores the consequences of extreme events in Thailand, Nepal and Sri Lanka. These three countries are subject to frequent natural disasters, especially floods and droughts.
River-groundwater hot spot for arsenic
Hanoi has markedly increased the extraction of groundwater to satisfy its steadily increasing water demand; this showed to be the main trigger for arsenic pollution in the aquifer.
Safeguarding livelihoods for fishing communities in Mekong Countries
The Kbal Hong ladder is considered one of the most effective fish passages in the Mekong region and stands as an example of effective regional collaboration.
‘Watered Down”: report on policy versus practice in flagship dam projects
Includes a case study of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project in Laos, the first time a Chinese company obtained rights to develop a cascade along an entire river basin outside of China.
Opium poppy cultivation and sustainable development in Shan State
About one in nine households in Shan State, Myanmar were directly involved in opium poppy cultivation and they lower levels of development than other households in other villages.
Drought continues to hit Mekong countries
In fact, the 2019 drought has brought the Mekong water levels to their lowest points in at least 60 years. Most parts of the basin have been experiencing an exceptionally regionally low flow since June.
NGOs challenging financiers of the Xayaburi hydropower project
32 groups issue statement to five Thai banks funding the Xayaburi Dam, making five demands including they “not fund any hydropower development project in the Lower Mekong Mainstem for at least ten years.”
China-Laos railway tunnel construction making breakthroughs
China’s latest engineering and construction update (from the Mekong near Luang Prabang) on its Belt and Road Initiative to convert Laos from a landlocked country to a land-linked hub.
Mekong – Lancang Business Forum 2019 focuses on agribusiness
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Thai Ministry of Commerce and Mekong Institute hosted the Mekong-Lancang Business Forum 2019, “Promoting Agribusiness and Investment in Processed Food Sector”.