The Basin was first recorded in 1947, when a pilot flying over noticed a circle of thick cloud produced by the lush rainforest. However, it was not until 1988 that the first major scientific ...

AbstractHydropower development of the Mekong Basin is proceeding at an increasingly rapid pace. Hydropower has already affected the natural and social environments of the Mekong, and threatens to ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on China’s geopolitical interests in the Mekong River Basin. Part I examines the politics and impact of hydroelectric projects on the ...

Prime Minister Bernard Makuza is in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, to attend the Head of States and Government Summit on Cooperation of the three tropical forests including; Amazon, Borneo-Mekong ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) unveiled a new 10-year Basin Development Strategy (BDS) and five-year Strategic Plan (SP) to balance basin development and management to enable Mekong member ...

There are more than 370 dams planned along the Mekong’s 2,700-mile course from China through the heart of Southeast Asia, linking Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.

It's the basin of the mighty Mekong River, a culturally diverse, environmentally rich but economically impoverished region that is poised for vast transformation.

Greenhouse gas emissions of hydropower in the Mekong River Basin. Environmental Research Letters, 2018; 13 (3): 034030 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaa817 ...

Over the past decade, the countries of the Congo Basin designated 11% of the land as protected areas. Five countries–Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, and ...