The Mekong is among Southeast Asia's greatest rivers, sustaining tens of millions from its abundant fisheries and its floodwaters which both irrigate and fertilise. But…
Tom FawthropDecember 14, 2013
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
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
Dam would block fish migrations that feed millions of people in region and threaten Irrawaddy dolphins and giant catfish. With its picturesque waterfalls, tranquil…
Tom FawthropMarch 13, 2009
