New dams and their reservoirs have transformed the Lancang River—the upper Mekong—flooding riverside towns, farms, and roads. Along a reservoir created by the Gongguoqiao dam, goats are herded ...

The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River. Analyzing Chinese dams in Laos provides insight into the local ...

The Mekong Delta will disappear in the next several decades once Pak Beng Dam and another 10 planned hydropower dams are built on the Mekong River in Laos and Cambodia, Townships along the Mekong ...

Kam Thon and other women who live by the Mekong have been collecting river weed, or khai, for decades, but their harvest has fallen since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream. The dams have ...

As discussions continue, the future of one of the world’s greatest rivers is as bleak as ever.

“While the headwaters of the Mekong in China are excessively wet, most of the lower Mekong region is experiencing ...

A new study by WWF on aquatic ecosystem connectivity reveals that the Mekong region could have equivalent power but dramatically less damage to river functioning by opting for tributary rather than ...

BANGKOK, April 13 (Reuters) – China’s Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water ...

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The superpower politics notwithstanding, local communities living along the Mekong are bent on protecting what’s left of the river. Dams have exacerbated the damage already wrought by ...

“The river has changed a lot,” says the 70-year-old Lun ... Last year, Cambodia announced a ten-year moratorium on building new dams on the Mekong. That news was widely welcomed by conservationists ...

Flooding during the wet season makes the Mekong Delta one of the world's most productive farm regions. The river already has been disrupted by dams built upstream in Laos and China that restrict ...