The Mekong River Commission calculates that the fish catch actually doubled in Cambodia between the 1940s and the 1990s.

ECONOMIST: The Mekong river

In April China defended itself (another first) at the Mekong River Commission, the inter-governmental body supposed to resolve disputes.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

Meanwhile, the Mekong River Commission, the latter-day successor to the Mekong Committee, calculates that flood levels have fallen by almost 11% since 1965.

ECONOMIST: The Mekong river

Regarding cooperation in international river basins, both Le Duc Trung (Mekong River Commission Secretariat) and Jean-Francois Donzier (International Network of Basin Organizations - INBO) stressed the importance of securing national and international political will for the sustainable management of transboundary river basins and transboundary aquifer systems.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES