Fears Asia's Mekong River is in crisis - BBC News - YouTube
Nov 16, 2023 · The Mekong River ecosystem is on the verge of collapse due to the accumulative effects of climate change. Hydropower dams, drought and human-made activities such as deforestation and sand mining...
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Mekong: The last chance to save a mighty river - BBC
The Mekong is slowly dying. A warming world and hydropower dams are destroying one of the world’s richest ecosystems - and threatening the millions of people who rely on it. Can the once-mighty...
Mekong River at its lowest in 100 years, threatening food supply
Jul 31, 2019 · A severe drought that has caused water levels in Southeast Asia’s Mekong River to drop to their lowest in more than 100 years could have devastating consequences for fish, as well as the tens of...
The Intensifying Impacts of Upstream Dams on the Mekong
Jul 27, 2024 · From March to June 2024, the lower Mekong region – including northeast Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam – experienced high temperatures far exceeding expectations. Extreme dryness was...
Mekong River communities rely on it for food — new dams ... - NPR
Dec 28, 2023 · Dams and climate change are among the threats facing Southeast Asia's famed Mekong River. Cambodia is scrapping plans for two new dams, but is it enough to save the river's biodiversity?
Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade ... - Associated Press News
Sep 26, 2024 · The Mekong River flows from China through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. It supports a fishery that accounts for 15% of the global inland catch, worth over $11 billion annually, according to the nonprofit World Wildlife Fund.
The world needs to care more about the Mekong - Asia Times
Aug 14, 2024 · Yet a salient issue that has been overlooked is the Mekong River, where the livelihoods of over 50 million inhabitants are on the line. Since last year, escalating tensions and standoffs between China and the Philippines in the South …
Mekong River communities rely on it for food — new dams …
Dec 28, 2023 · Southeast Asia's famed Mekong River is under threat. Chinese dams upriver and climate change are partly to blame, but dams downriver are also having an effect. And some countries are starting to respond. Cambodia recently announced it …
Mekong Eye
NEWS ARCHIVE. Record-breaking floods in northern Thailand intensify scrutiny of Mekong dam project. Laos hosts first National Carbon Markets Forum. Just transitions in the Mekong: China’s role in trade and investment. Obstacles remain in Laos-S’pore regional power deal; crucial for electricity traded to be clean.