Europe’s Pöyry Energy and its controversial role as Xayaburi dam consultant have been challenged under new OECD CSR rules. Its turbulent currents snake their way…
Tom FawthropJuly 2, 2013
Controversial project will spark water conflicts along Mekong, Environmentalists and NGOs say The consulting firm that gave Laos a green light for a controversial dam…
Tom FawthropNovember 22, 2012
THE Mekong river, snaking its way through the heart of South-East Asia, has long sustained the world’s biggest and most productive inland fishery, supplying protein…
Tom FawthropNovember 3, 2012
The Mekong, a precious jewel of Southeast Asia, has become a critical battleground between hydropower dam projects and the survival of the world's greatest freshwater…
Tom FawthropAugust 2, 2012
A DENSE cloud of diplomatic doublespeak hangs over the turbid waters of the Mekong. An amazing week of conflicting statements, stark contradictions and confusion has…
Tom FawthropJuly 26, 2012
WHAT looked like an admittedly temporary reprieve for the swift currents and extraordinary biodiversity of the Mekong river is now over. In December the Mekong…
Tom FawthropMay 5, 2012
CLIMATE change threatens the Mekong river, continental South-East Asia's lifeblood, at both source and mouth. As glaciers shrink in the Tibetan Himalayas from where the…
Tom FawthropNovember 12, 2011
The roaring currents of the Mekong have long enchanted travellers, inspired explorers and sustained about 65 million people living off the world's largest freshwater fisheries.…
Tom FawthropOctober 18, 2010
Cuban doctors were first to provide relief in Haiti, but received little press coverage. Among the many donor nations helping Haiti, Cuba and its medical…
Tom FawthropFebruary 16, 2010
