Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

The Mekong Dam Monitor, a collaborative project between the Stimson Center ... Mekong and gathers hydrological information about the river basin using satellite imagery, data from water gauges ...

and it has built 11 dams on the upper reaches of the Mekong River inside Chinese territory that have come under scrutiny for allegedly altering the river’s natural flow. The Sanakham project ...

When finished next year, 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 ...

The 684 MW Sanakham hydroelectric dam project across the Mekong River, close to the Thai-Lao border in Chiang Khan District, Loei Province, will cost an estimated $2.07 billion. The dam ...

The 12 turbines of the proposed dam will cause volatility in the Mekong River’s downstream areas ... he said. The dam project is proposed to be built on the Mekong between Xayaburi and Vientiane ...

Cambodia/ Vietnam, Apr 02 (ANI): The Mekong ranks ... of 11 mainstream dams and 120 dams on tributaries are planned, which scientists warn will imperil the already fragile river system.

On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo. The project ... including in the Mekong region, can have really potentially ...

It’s water that’s been stored behind a dam.” River water should instead be ... labelled the canal project a Mekong tributary project rather than one affecting its main channel.

WWF and its partners say governments, investors in dams and policy advisers must hammer out an agreement on saving the river species ... the Wonders of the Mekong research project, which funded ...

The ecology of the Mekong River basin has long been threatened by unsustainable activities, but alternatives are increasingly being introduced to safeguard the basin's natural resources, prevent ...