ECO-Asia Water and Governance

LMI: A Climate Resilient Mekong River; Maintaining the Flows that Nourish Life

BACKGROUND

The Mekong River is the world’s most productive freshwater fishery and the second most bio-diverse river after the Amazon. This unique and flourishing ecosystem is dependent on the rich sediment and nutrients carried by the river. Two decades ago, the Mekong River ran unimpeded from the Tibetan Plateau to the Mekong Delta into the South China Sea. Today, it is poised on the brink of massive hydropower development. 

USAID's ECO-Asia Mekong Regional Cooperation Program

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BACKGROUND

Remarks With Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong

 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

November 1, 2010

U.S. Collaboration with the Lower Mekong Countries on the Environment, Health and Education

 

On July 22, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Foreign Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam met in Hanoi, Vietnam within the framework of the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), to highlight the growing cooperation between the United States and the Lower Mekong countries in key areas of common concern.

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