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Three billion people around the world cannot afford a healthy diet, even if they spend most of their income on food. In the Mekong…
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There are at least 104 catchment areas of tributary rivers that drain into the Mekong River in the Lower Mekong Basin.
Some larger…
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Plastic ingestion by marine species has increased by sevenfold today, since the first comprehensive assessment was published in 1997…
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To satisfy growing energy demand in the Mekong region, huge power generation infrastructure investment (approx. USD 190 billion–220…
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Within the Lower Mekong Basin, the Mekong River and its major tributaries are navigable during the high-water season – about eight…
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More than 60% of Southeast Asian maritime states’ rice imports in 2019 came from mainland Southeast Asia – Thailand, Vietnam and…
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2020 was one of the three warmest years on record, and the global average temperature was about 1.2°C above the pre-industrial…
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Viet Nam has set a local record in its solar sector, adding 9.3 GW to its national grid last year. Singapore is also home to one of…
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The Mekong River Basin hosts nearly 1,148 fish species and is ranked third globally after the Amazon River Basin (2,406 species) and…
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Southeast Asia accounts for 33.2% of the global catch from freshwater areas. Half of this comes from the Mekong River Basin, making…
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Construction and uncoordinated operation of water infrastructure facilities in the Mekong are changing the flow environments in…