A massive release of reservoir water into the river on short notice is hardly the act of a good neighbour
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Target programme for climate change response and green growth approved
A number of urgent priority projects to deal with the impact of natural disasters in the context of climate change will be deployed in the Mekong Delta.
Could lack of access to data be the biggest threat to Myanmar’s rivers?
It’s difficult to judge the impacts of deforestation, erosion, pollutants, or to confirm or refute claims of damage caused by development without starting from a solid data baseline.
Hardship and dedication in pursuit of a story
My day with the last ethnic families whose houses flooded by Lower Sesan II dam but refused to leave their homes: Reporter
The palm oil fiefdom
Mongabay and Gecko Project collaborate on an in-depth series on the corruption behind Indonesia’s deforestation and land rights crisis.
Mekong hydro resource coordination gets boost from France
Laos and France agreed to set up a new Coordination and Monitoring Centre (CMC) for energy and water resources management.
Low-quality hydropower projects to face void, minister tells assembly
Hydropower projects with low-quality technical standards in their construction will be cancelled, the Minister of Energy and Mines told the National Assembly (NA) on Monday.
Solar, Wind Advances Offer Mekong Countries Alternatives to Dams, Coal
New economic and technological opportunities for improving and diversifying GMS’ energy mix laid out in report
APEC finance and bank deputies meet in Hoi An
Disaster risk financing and insurance was one of the important topics that officials of 21 APEC economies discusses this week
Govt pledges fairer compensation
For properties of local people impacted and displaced by domestic and foreign investment projects.