Mekong dams ‘a grave threat to river’
Experts are warning that the Lower Mekong Basin may soon face depleting fish stocks, further erosion of the coastline and rising salinity that will make rice fields uncultivable. …
An extensive, government- funded study by the Vietnam National Mekong Committee estimates the value of fish from the Lower Mekong Basin at US$7 billion (S$9.8 billion) a year. More than half of that is in Vietnam and Cambodia. The average annual per capita consumption of fish was calculated at 46kg. …
Nirmal Ghosh
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mekong-dams-a-grave-threat-to-river
