Review | The Mekong is mighty no more: demise of the great river system lamented in Brian Eyler’s new book. Author sounds a stark warning…
Tom FawthropFebruary 28, 2019
How China’s grand strategy for the Mekong impacts the river, and the countries downstream. The Mekong has long cast a mystical spell over adventurers, wildlife…
Tom FawthropApril 18, 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
The Thai government has moved ahead with the plan to boost trade, sparking outrage among environmentalists. Hundreds of Thai NGOs are mobilising a campaign…
Tom FawthropFebruary 6, 2017
