mekong river



STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 28, 2020 • 6 min read

Community rights Pooling resources: Fostering solidarity among Mekong communities

By Jacob Goldberg • Sep 28, 2020
With rural communities along the Mekong living at the mercy of the geopolitical whims of nations controlling the river's flow and development, attempts are being made to band these disparate people together to regain control over their fate

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 18, 2020 • 6 min read

Cinema Region’s filmmakers offer their visions of the Mekong river in 2030

By Ashley Lampard • Aug 18, 2020
With the Mekong river under assault from climate change and damming, five of the Greater Mekong Subregion's filmmakers are offering their visions of what the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, and the communities that rely on it, will look like in a decades' time

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 11, 2020 • 8 min read

Cambodia in Quarantine Finding a pulse

By Andrew Haffner • Aug 11, 2020
For centuries the Tonle Sap has been key to the Kingdom's fisheries and a source of nourishment for millions. Now, dams on the Mekong, negligence and climate change are changing history and threatening the Kingdom's food security

Dec 18, 2019 • 10 min read
Farming and food

Hungry for change

In the third installment of our eight-week series looking at Cambodia in 2040, we examine how the next two decades will see the Kingdom's food production and farming face a mix of challenges posed by technology, drought and trade. How will a country so reliant on its agricultural sector manage to adapt and survive?
By Simon Roughneen • Dec 18, 2019

Dec 17, 2019 • 15 min read
Communities on the river

Currents of time

In 1991, National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita traversed the length of the Mekong, from source to sea, in a groundbreaking trip documenting the communities for which the river was so central to life. The Globe sat down with Yamashita to reflect on his journey almost three decades on, as well as hear his thoughts on the dams and environmental degradation blighting the river today
By Andrew Haffner • Dec 17, 2019

Aug 30, 2019 • 15 min read
Drought in Cambodia

When the river runs dry

Every year, Cambodia's Tonle Sap river changes course to fill up the nation's largest lake, bringing life back to the Kingdom. This year, it's running late
By Evie Breese, with additional reporting by Veng Sonita • Aug 30, 2019

Jun 05, 2019 • 9 min read
Climate change

Dead in the water

Hydropower is booming in the Mekong River basin as countries seek clean energy – but these massive dams might prove even more polluting than fossil fuels
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jun 05, 2019

Mar 07, 2014 • 6 min read
Search and Rescue

Mekong Mission: Impossible

From our archive: After 2013's fatal Lao Airlines crash, a hastily assembled local dive team was scrambled. Their story is a remarkable feat of human endurance and teamwork
By Jennifer Meszaros • Mar 07, 2014

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Jan 24, 2014 • 7 min read
Dams

Gone: Fishing

How will a population so dependent on rivers and lakes stay afloat when faced with a series of mega-dam projects?
By Alison Smith • Jan 24, 2014

Dec 23, 2013 • 9 min read
Environment

Trapped by change

The impending Don Sahong dam has the potential to cause environmental catastrophe and destroy the livelihoods of the area’s daredevil fishermen
By Written by DENISE HRUBY, Photos by THOMAS CRISTOFOLETTI • Dec 23, 2013

Jan 27, 2010 • 7 min read
Water

When the well runs dry

With clean water increasingly hard to come by, the fight for fresh water threatens to plunge Southeast Asia into chaos
By Sumona Raha • Jan 27, 2010