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 LMC was born from China’s unilateral dam building, but that same fact may also undermine the forum in the end. The cost-cutting and lack of oversight that led to the dam's collapse plague ...

New dams must be carefully assessed and planned to avoid damaging the economy and environment of the Mekong River Lately a lot of attention was directed to the negative impacts upstream development ...

HANOI - The authority overseeing the transnational Mekong River wants Cambodia to share a feasibility study on the impact of ...

A U.S.-funded study by Eyes on Earth found a reduction in expected natural flow of the Mekong River since 2012, when one of the largest Chinese dams went on line. China rejected the study and last ...

Scientists say dams on the main stem of the Mekong River could disrupt lives and drastically alter the environment in the region. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

FILE PHOTO: Starving the Mekong: Lives are remade as dams built by China upstream deprive Mekong River Delta of precious sediment ...

By Anton L. Delgado The first-ever acoustic telemetry network in the Mekong River has tracked key migration corridors ...

and the consensus decision reached by Ministers will set an important precedent for 10 other dams proposed for the lower mainstream of the river. “The lower Mekong countries now stand at a cross road, ...

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 ...

The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River.