ALONG the banks of the Mekong in Laos, the forest has been stripped and the mountainside gouged out. Construction of the Xayaburi dam, the first…
Tom FawthropJanuary 7, 2016
THE MIGHTY KHONE PRAPENG FALLS SIPANDON SOUTHERN LAOS pic Tom Fawthrop Eureka Films has just completed a second film about the dams on the Mekong.Scientists have…
Tom FawthropDecember 3, 2014
“If the Mekong is destroyed, the fishery, according to estimates, will be reduced by something like between 40 percent to 60 percent.” A documentary showing…
Tom FawthropFebruary 18, 2014
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
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
