Note: Map shows dams in the Mekong River basin as of December 2018, the most recent data available. Because construction and financing details are not always disclosed, China may have been ...

The Mekong River and its biodiversity-rich tributaries — the lifeline for more than 60 million people in Southeast Asia — dropped to their lowest levels in a century last summer.

The Mekong River and one of its tributaries, the Nam Khan River, both run through the heart of the World Heritage property. The current collaboration aims to provide support for the monitoring and ...

What has long been one of the great wildlife mysteries – the identity of the world’s largest freshwater fish – appears to have been solved last week as fishers in northern Cambodia, working with an ...

Fisherman catch fish in Mekong river in front of construction site of Luang Prabang dam in Luang Prabang, Laos, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site nearly ...

Endangered sawfish spinning, dying off coast of Florida 04:07. Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and ...

River dolphins in the Mekong river near Kratie province in the northeastern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River has ...

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?

The world's largest freshwater fish is found in Cambodia's Mekong River The giant stingray weighs nearly 660 pounds and spans more than 13 feet — from snout to tail. Researchers even gave the ...

The Mekong River supports the largest inland fishery in the world, and the river commission also examined the dam’s potential impact on hydrology, sediment, water quality, fish and other issues.

Nation & World; Fears grow that dam across Mekong River in Laos could harm World Heritage site of Luang Prabang . Jan. 31, 2024 at 7:22 pm Updated Jan. 31, 2024 at 8:21 pm . By .