When finished next year, it will be the eighth dam on the Lancang River—China's name for its 1,300-mile stretch of the Mekong. In recent years Boontom and many others here have sold their ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hydropower dams planned for the lower mainstem of the Mekong River could decimate fish populations and with them the primary source of protein for 60 million people. The impact of the dams would ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. AbstractHydropower development of the Mekong Basin is proceeding at an increasingly rapid pace. Hydropower has already affected the ...

“This means it’s not the normal Mekong water. It’s water that’s been stored behind a dam.” River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main ...

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 proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to connect the country's coast to the Mekong River via a system of lock gates. In a new report, the World Wildlife Fund claims that dam developments ...