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A fish release conducted for a recent study on fish migrations in the Mekong River.

Vital Mekong fish corridors tracked for first time, but funding cuts threaten future research

Anton L. Delgado 18 Apr 2025

Landmark report on migratory species underlines threats to Asia’s wildlife

Anton L. Delgado 12 Feb 2024

‘The police are watching’: In Mekong countries, eco defenders face rising risks

Hướng Thiện 18 Dec 2023
A dismembered tree in Chhaeb-Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary documented in April 2023. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Communities track a path of destruction through a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

Gerald Flynn | Andy Ball | Meng Kroypunlok 9 Oct 2023
An aerial view of a new road that leads from Think Biotech’s concession into the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary where illegal logging is taking place. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Logging route cut into Cambodia’s Prey Lang from Think Biotech’s concession

Gerald Flynn | Andy Ball | Meng Kroypunlok 5 Oct 2023
Long-tailed macaque. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Skepticism as Cambodia expands protected areas by more than a million hectares

Gerald Flynn 29 Aug 2023
A fish in a plastic glove.

Clean me a river: Southeast Asia chokes on Mekong plastic pollution

Juliette Portala 18 Jul 2023
Mekong giant catfish

‘Chasing giants’: Q&A with megafish biologist and author Zeb Hogan

Carolyn Cowan 9 May 2023
Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia.

Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams

Carolyn Cowan 30 Mar 2023
Fishers pull in nets on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia

As hydropower dams quell the Mekong’s life force, what are the costs?

Carolyn Cowan 29 Mar 2023

For Thai fishers facing dwindling catches, a Lao dam looms large

Tom Fawthrop 10 Jun 2022

For Mekong officials fighting timber traffickers, a chance to level up

John Cannon 13 Dec 2021

In Laos, a ‘very dangerous dam’ threatens an ancient world heritage site

Tom Fawthrop 10 Dec 2021

Study puts 2050 deadline on tipping point for Mekong Delta salinity

Zoe Osborne 22 Jul 2021

Our World Heritage is deeply tied to rivers and they need protection from dams (commentary)

Gary Lee | Sarinee Achavanuntakul | Eugene Simonov 9 Jul 2021

Analysis: Years in the making, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta policy takes the long view

David Brown 30 Dec 2020

Analysis: How Vietnam came to embrace a new vision of the Mekong Delta’s future

David Brown 24 Dec 2020

China held water back from drought-stricken Mekong countries, report says

Michael Tatarski 30 Apr 2020

Past and future tropical dams devastating to fish the world over: Study

Asher Elbein 21 Feb 2020

Lao government says it will suspend new hydro projects after dam collapse kills 31

Mongabay 13 Aug 2018

‘If it’s going to kill us, OK, we’ll die’: Villagers stand firm as Cambodian dam begins to fill

Jenny Denton 18 Oct 2017

HydroCalculator: new, free, online tool helps citizens assess dams

Claire Salisbury 7 Aug 2017

A rising chorus of voices condemns Laos’ planned Pak Beng dam

Jenny Denton 2 Jun 2017

China’s Domestic Dams: Hydropower not only an export for world’s biggest dam builder

Luc Forsyth 28 Feb 2017

Counterintuitive: Global hydropower boom will add to climate change

Claire Salisbury 14 Feb 2017

Shrugging off the risks, Laos plans to proceed with the Pak Beng dam

Jenny Denton 8 Feb 2017

Before the flood: can the Bunong culture survive Cambodia’s Sesan II dam?

Luc Forsyth 27 Jan 2017

The Dammed Don: Lao hydropower project pushes ahead despite alarm from scientists

Melody Kemp 13 Jan 2017

Rainbow-headed snake, rare wild banana among 163 new species discovered in Greater Mekong region: WWF

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Dec 2016

Mother Nature and a hydropower onslaught aren’t the Mekong Delta’s only problems

David Brown 13 Oct 2016

Will climate change sink the Mekong Delta?

David Brown 3 Oct 2016

Scientists sound alarm over hydropower’s impacts on tropical fish biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jan 2016

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