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Sanakham Dam Sparks Fear and Anguish Along the Thai-Lao Border

February 14, 2025
Sanakham Dam Sparks Fear and Anguish Along the Thai-Lao Border A long-dreaded dam project on Laos’ side of the border is moving forward, despite opposition…
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Vietnam’s Hoi An counts cost of popularity as mass tourism threatens to overwhelm ancient town

May 23, 2024
Controversial private projects, increase in tourist boat trips near ecologically important mangrove forests have upset conservationists in Hoi An Nearby Cu Lao Cham’s tourism-in-moderation approach…
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Mekong River’s declining fish species an ‘urgent wake-up call’ for action, conservationists say

March 22, 2024
Where Have All the Mekong River’s Fish Gone? Highly endangered fish species are on the brink, as dam-building along the Mekong decimates the ecosystem which…
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Where Have All the Mekong River’s Fish Gone?

February 29, 2024
Where Have All the Mekong River’s Fish Gone? Policymakers have clung to the fiction that damage to fish populations from hydropower projects can be avoided…
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The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang

April 11, 2023
UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the “authenticity and integrity” of the World Heritage Site in Laos. Activists say dam operators and…
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‘Our Mekong is dying’: Locals reel from fish crisis as dams sprout up from Laos to China

July 10, 2022
Once teeming with fish, the river is now filled with forlorn fisherfolk who say they’re lucky to have catch at all, as more hydropower dams…