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 ...

Chinh said in the past 10 years, the total flow of the basin has decreased by 4-8%, while countries in the basin have increased the use of water in the Mekong River by 5-12%. Lying in the lower ...

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.

An upcoming vote on the Laos government's proposed Xayaburi dam, just one of 11 planned for the lower Mekong River, may indicate how the projects would have a broader political impact on the region.

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 ...

"It produces 500,000 tons of fish each year for the people of Cambodia and 2.6 million tons of fish caught throughout the rest of the Mekong basin," which also includes Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.

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 ...

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

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