In the wake of the Laos government’s decision this week to proceed with the Don Sahong dam on the Mekong River mainstream, bypassing the Mekong River Commission (MRC) process for consultation, WWF ...
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Mekong arsenic levels deemed safe

BUENG KAN - Recent water quality tests have confirmed the Mekong River is safe, with arsenic levels within acceptable limits, ...
Stretching over 4,000 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea, the Mekong River supports more than 60 million people across six nations. Its waters nourish the rice fields of ...
The Mekong River started turning green around November last year NASA satellite images show the water color difference between 2015 and 2020 According to authorities, drought and dam constructions ...
Inside China’s Rare Earth Empire: The Hidden Costs in Myanmar Amid mounting concerns surrounding the degradation of the Mekong River, authorities from four of the countries responsible for the longest ...
The bend in the Mekong River where Laotian authorities want to build the Pak Beng hydropower dam is described as one of the most beautiful stretches along all of the 4,000-kilometer (2700-mile) river.
I was joking – sort of – at a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city, after the waiter brought two of the large and hairy deep-fried arachnids to the table after the main course. At first, ...
Hydropower projects, including a spree of mega-dams in China, have had a significant impact on the midstream reaches of the Mekong River, exacerbating drought conditions and altering the river’s flow ...
US' politicization of ecological water issues in the Mekong River for the purpose of tarnishing China's reputation via launching rhetoric battles has become more trendy. The Stimson Center, a ...
After decades of decline, this dolphin population is bouncing back. River dolphins in the Mekong river near Kratie province in the northeastern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The number of critically ...
February 19, 2010 • The Mekong River is known as the Cuu Long, or Nine Dragons, in Vietnam, where the waterway splits and flows into the South China Sea. In the Mekong Delta, an economic boom has ...