Laos plans to build a $2 billion, 684-megawatt dam on the Mekong River, just 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) from the Thai border. The proposed Sanakham…
Tom FawthropJune 10, 2022
World heritage site vulnerable to earthquake possibility, Thai specialist says Photo by Tom Fawthrop A leading Thai geologist is warning that a huge new…
Tom FawthropJune 30, 2020
A policy reversal on Mekong dams has put Hanoi’s credibility – and the river’s fate – on the line. The recent decision by a Vietnamese…
Tom FawthropFebruary 4, 2020
Rivers contribute to transport, tourism, hydropower and resources including fish and freshwater. Yet excessive drought, dam-building and other development can ruin rivers. That is happening…
Tom FawthropNovember 28, 2019
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
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
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
