Mekong Regional Initiatives / Campaigns

For millions of people in the Mekong region, its bountiful rivers are a symbol of life that provide for fish, transportation, water for agriculture, and many other critical needs. Yet to a number of powerful energy companies, backed by the region’s governments and organizations such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), these same rivers are a tempting resource to be exploited for electricity generation.

A new wave of large-scale water infrastructure projects are threatening the Mekong River, supported by the latest plan of the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Mekong River Commission, called the Mekong Water Resources Assistance Strategy (MWRAS).