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Explore the future of Southeast Asia through the lens of the Mekong River and its deep impact on local communities.
This video documents a two-day river journey along the Mekong River from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang. The cruise passes through ...
Dams and climate change are among the threats facing Southeast Asia's famed Mekong River. Cambodia is scrapping plans for two new dams, but is it enough to save the river's biodiversity?
Mekong River communities rely on it for food — new dams threaten resources Dams and climate change are among the threats facing Southeast Asia's famed Mekong River.
Boramy’s short-range tendencies stand in sharp contrast to other large species in the river, like the Mekong giant catfish, which can migrate 600 miles or more to spawn and feed.
Unsustainable development threatens the health and diverse fish populations of the Mekong river, with one-fifth of fish species in Southeast Asia's main artery facing extinction, ...
The Mekong River "ghost fish", believed to have been extinct, has been sighted three times in recent years, according to a new report published on Monday. According to the study published in ...
The Mekong River is home to enormous and endangered aquatic life. A 400-pound fish’s release shows how some conservation efforts in Cambodia are paying off. By Jason Bittel Just after dawn on ...
Participants of the 12th Mekong-Mississippi Sister Rivers Partnership Exchange Talks pose on the General Jackson together Dec. 9, 2024, on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Mekong River has become a new front in U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both spending and influence over downstream countries at ...
The Mekong is no longer the wild and remote river that enchanted Henri Mouhot, the French explorer famous for rediscovering the fabled temples of Angkor in Cambodia some 160 years ago.