The Phou Ngoy dam is one of nine hydropower projects that the Lao government is planning on the mainstream of the Mekong River. A year of data from the Mekong Dam Monitor shows the extent of the ...

The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River. Analyzing Chinese dams in Laos provides insight into the local ...

WWF is seriously concerned about the negative impacts posed by the Sayabouly hydropower dam proposed for the Mekong river in northern Laos, following the Lao Government’s notification of the dam to ...

it will be the eighth dam on the Lancang River—China's name for its 1,300-mile stretch of the Mekong. In recent years Boontom and many others here have sold their fishing boats and switched to ...

“This means it’s not the normal Mekong water. It’s water that’s been stored behind a dam.” River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main ...

BANGKOK, April 13 (Reuters) – China’s Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water ...

WWF today launched an online petition calling on Mega First Corporation Berhad to suspend construction of the Don Sahong hydropower dam on the Mekong River that threatens the river’s critically ...

The Mekong governments have left the controversial Xayaburi Dam off of the agenda of this week’s annual Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council meeting in Laos, according to water activist group, ...

and suggest the dam projects are aimed at 'generating profits for a few' Conservationists have suggested a last-ditch recovery plan to save the "irreplaceable" biodiversity of the Mekong River, as ...

A U.S.-funded study by Eyes on Earth found a reduction in expected natural flow of the Mekong River since 2012, when one of the largest Chinese dams went on line. China rejected the study and last ...

Laos has completed two dams on the Mekong River, the 1,285-megawatt Xayaburi Dam and the 260-megawatt Don Sahong Dam last year, despite objections by environmental groups.

Millions of people depend on the Mekong river for water, fish, transport and irrigation. Dam developers promise that their projects will deliver a wide ... deliberate water surges—for electricity ...