It has been 62 years since the United Nations gave birth to the Mekong River Committee and 24 years since the establishment of the Mekong…
Tom FawthropSeptember 11, 2019
The cost-cutting and lack of oversight that led to the dam’s collapse plague other hydropower projects across the country. The Lao dam disaster in Attapeu…
Tom FawthropAugust 2, 2018
Will the delay to the Pak Beng dam in Laos on the Mekong trigger a wider review of hydropower plans on the river? A major…
Tom FawthropJune 14, 2018
Asia’s great river is under growing threat from hydropower. The great biodiversity and precious resources of the Mekong are increasingly endangered by the rush to…
Tom FawthropMarch 28, 2018
Can Tho – Vietnam wants Lao to reconsider the Pak Beng hydropower project as its environmental impacts to the Mekong Delta will strike Vietnam, Cambodia and…
Tom FawthropMay 18, 2017
Beijing’s plan to blast rocks and rapids in the Mekong River to make way for bigger boats and faster trade is strongly opposed by grass…
Tom FawthropMay 16, 2017
China’s plan for the Mekong River envisions a big new commercial port at Luang Prabang, a United Nations designated World Heritage site and heart of…
Tom FawthropMay 16, 2017
In what should be welcome news for the many concerned about the future of the Mekong, an Indian court has recognised the Ganges and the…
Tom FawthropApril 18, 2017
A proposal to establish a wider channel for commercial shipping on the Mekong has sparked outrage among environmentalists, writes Tom Fawthrop Hundreds of Thai NGOs…
Tom FawthropFebruary 10, 2017
