“The Mekong is in good condition at this time and can take more pressure such as irrigation development or industrial development,” said Mukand S. Babel, a report author.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Somehow this doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t flow. The report found that river basins in other countries downstream from China are in worse condition and that previous dams built in China have caused sharp drops in water levels on the upper Mekong.<\/p>\n
The report seems to be saying that the lower half of the Mekong is in trouble because of dams and pollution while the damage to the top half is not yet at \u00e2\u20ac\u0153alarming levels.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d What result can we expect from recommending that countries currently building massive dam projects work together to preserve the river? This remains to be seen.<\/p>\n
“The time to tackle these challenges is now, otherwise the projected growth and development may impact on the basin’s ability to meet future water needs,” said U.N. regional director Young-Woo Park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United Nations issued a report this week warning that dam building in China is creating the largest threat to the Mekong River\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future. The report states that the proposed dam development threatens “changes in river flow volume and timing, water quality deterioration and loss of biodiversity.” The Mekong River basin provides food and jobs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[4,18],"tags":[2854,366,501,504,1113,1344],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/sunset_mekong_river.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}