Chinese-built dams threaten Mekong ecosystem
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Southeast Asia’s longest waterway, the Mekong River, is under threat from development, according to a report by more than two dozen global conservation groups. The research published on March 4, 2024, said WWF and 25 other marine and wildlife conservation organisations found that 20 per cent of the fish species living in the Mekong are in danger of going extinct because of unsustainable development. The study said the biggest culprit was the construction of hydropower dams, which fragment the flow of the river and its tributaries.
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It’s already to late, there’s a lot dams and new dams.
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Dam it
Nuclear Power would have been a better choice instead of all this Dams
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the most fundamentally threatens to the Mekong River ecosystem is the pollution and disordered development of the downriver from the several southeast countries.
IKR. They just playing the blaming game. China is not required to allow any water to leave their country.
@@darkcloud5830 Did anyone say they were required? no. You are arguing with the sky
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@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 Again, really China man? What does that has to do with the subject of the video?
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They moved into your mother's room. When you don't understand anything, everything's a conspiracy. Shadows, smoke, cloak and dagger, time to take your meds.
Can I believe these Anglo Saxon organizations and this guy. They now holds no credit with us. I mean look at your own country's river and sea. I think it is worst. Hypocrisy I say.
what country would that be?
No we can't. They even sent containers full of trash to Asia and Africa for years because they don't know how to deal with it.
How do you know what country he is from?
those rivers do more than provide fish. rather, they did more before China dammed up those rivers. there are at least three dams involved, by now possibly 12 dams. it is a bad thing.
Actaully its the the dams built by india that really dry it up
You need to find out where China built the dam before you made your ridiculous remarks. The places where China builds dams are in narrow ravines upstream, where the water flow is rapid and unsuitable for fish to survive. The real place where fish grow in the Mekong River is in the lower reaches, where the water flow is wide and smooth.
Years ago I think I came across a bogus study report by some shady organization criticizing China for causing environmental damage to the Mekong by building too many dams.
That organization was affiliated to a US university which got in trouble for selling diplomas to students of some middle eastern country I think.
A critic of US foreign policy explained in a blog entry that it was part of a dark propaganda campaign to stop China from having too much influence on his neighbors.
That was years ago when I started to realize the USA was not quite the white knight we thought it was. There are too many people in their power elite with a hegemonic mindset.
That is why it is important to take everything bad said about some of the "adversaries" of the US with a big pinch of salt.
Your logic makes no sense. Where does the water come from? Snows, rains, and runoffs. That means those belong to China. China is not required to give a drop to other countries. Those countries should be glad they get the water otherwise, they would have small rivers and fewer minerals. Maybe those countries should pay China to allow more waters to flow.
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they learn from american, who had done that, been there and still yet till get over from those dam at the out west...
@@TH-dr1kgWhat failures? What are you smoking?
This is really a strange fallacy. Building dams on rivers will destroy the ecosystem. So there are so many dams built in the world, which are destroying the ecosystem. Building a dam cannot cut off the water flow downstream, because the storage capacity of the dam is fixed. Once the dam is full of water, you must open the gate to release the water. These dams only store part of the water flowing into the Pacific Ocean in the reservoir. Dams are not only used to generate electricity, but also to prevent floods and droughts. When floods are large, dams can store water and reduce flooding downstream. When encountering drought downstream, the water in the reservoir can be evacuated to provide help for the drought downstream.
it's often not the dams that are the main issue but how much water is diverted for agriculture and industry either from the reservoir dam itself or as it is released into the river.
for example a lot of water from the Colorado river is used for industries, California agriculture, not to mention Las Vegas. that is why as the river enters Mexico, much of the water has gone leaving the Colorado River Delta dry. the dams like the famous Hoover Dam by themselves are not responsible.
south east asian countries are also rich in rainfall which is not the case in some of the regions the Colorado River goes through.
@@rickoffee China's dam on the Mekong River is built at the junction of Tibet and Yunnan Province, which belongs to the upper reaches of the Mekong River. It is located in a deep mountain with a large drop and rapid water flow. It is basically uninhabited land with neither large-scale industrial water use nor agricultural irrigation. Industrial and agricultural water use has virtually nothing to do with dams. The river water can also be used as an industrial waterway for agricultural purposes without building dams
Just have the upstream bypass canals into the downstream.
Where is the law that says China has to release a drop of water? Can I demand the Hoover Dam to release all of its water so Southern California gets more water?
@@darkcloud5830 Who said anything about demanding? Its called international cooperation, economic development, politics, and organizational influence. Is that hard to understand?
@@morphkogan8627 International cooperation means both ways. What is it for China? Did watch this video? They are complaining and you expect China to do what? Please, if my neighbors demand things from me and don't show me appreciation, don't expect a favor from me again. I always show my appreciation to my neighbors and we get along. So if you want to be involved in politics, learn how to deal correctly. You want economic development, trade and make things work. Stop complaining.
@@darkcloud5830 great values you have there mate
Millions depends on this river in SEA. Blocking water upstream only aliens china to those countries in the region, economically, politically and culturally.
No more fresh water dolphin
only against dams in poor countries, but ignore the hundreds of dams in USA and Europe. Well done.
because those over in the Americas and Europe don't threaten other countries' water sovereignty. Remember last year when Egypt and Ethiopia seemed like they almost went to war because of a dam in the upriver nation? this could escalate.
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Between Chiang Khong (Thailand) and Luang Prabang (Laos) one saw one large dam like contruction project... Made one concerend. Well done documentary about Mekong. Jacques Cousteau - “Mekong: vee kingitus.” La Collection COUSTEAU - Mékong, le don de l’eau (1993): czcams.com/video/LJk5mAeV7qk/video.html
Year was 2023.
Every era hav their own problems to solve, could be multiple. Maybe sometimes they hav yo choose which one is their main priority at the moment. Hard to judge ghem.
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lt's not dams, it's overfish!!!
That is the thing they don't look into. They just playing the blaming game.
Its the fish consumption in general. stop eating marine life, problem solved.
@@morphkogan8627That will never happen. They need to learn to conserve or breed the fish.
@@darkcloud5830 Why not?
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He was barking at the wrong tree
Probably near the Mekong River, which is the focus of his work.
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Lets pretend China is the only country with dams on the Mekong 😂
They're crying wolf cause a canal is being proposed to be built along the Mekong river in Cambodia 😎
@@HoldMyCowsberg Once the Funan canal completed, the Kinh Annamese in Khmer Krom (the south Vietnam) will be lacking fresh water for agriculture.
@@kimduong2332 Cambodia has a right to develop itself and not remain under the thumb of Vietnam forever.
@@HoldMyCowsberg Yes, exactly! Not only does Cambodia have the right for development but also have to reclaim Khmer Krom (the south Vietnam).
@@HoldMyCowsberg Cambodia will be under the thumb of China instead.
So many WuMao in the comments LOL.
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That is news actually from "Reuters"..... hmm.....
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Do see the need to balance the eco and dam utilities.
Without dam, there will be uncontrollable flooding, lives loss, poor economy, etc. But at what cost are those countries willing to pay for the balance?
Those countries are not paying anything and just complaining. China is not required to release any water.
An ignorant reply. Millions of people have lived in harmony with the dam for centuries. Dams are not built here to stop flooding but to generate power, of which there is now a surplus
What about the risk of catastrophic dam failures?
Ask India 😊
Development vs the preservation of nature and her species, mother nature more often than not take the loss 😢
Yes, stop development of Indian immediately!
well, lives have to improve, things are constantly changing, if you come to Europe, there are no more jungles , they chopped down everything.
Right. Now that they have developed, it's an issue if other's are progressing? What hypocrisy is this?
I love SCMP videos but not agreeing with this one.
Huge fish 😮
It's Mekong giant catfish. They're as big as a full grown man. Sadly their number is steadily decrease every years mainly from Chinese dams blocking the river
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Wow, this is how the W3st keep developing countries poor. Please keep India and leave the rest of the world alone to prosper.
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It's important that the *Philippines* focus on prioritizing the development of more uplifting fairytales. The current fairy tale on the Battle of Yultong where 900 Filipino soldiers won against 50,000 Chinese soldiers is not working to uplift the morale of the Philippine army and navy. With China coming as close as 600 feet to Philippine's shores, exploiting Philippine oil, natural resources and fishing everyday since 2011. The Filipino navy and coastal guards can only watch in fear, incapable of taking any action.
I often see Filipinos mention this battle.
I don't know if it's true but 900 Filipinos vs 40000 or 50000 PLA? lol
They seemed more powerful than MacArthur.🤣
But they still lost the overall battle!! Because of the Philippines incompetence there is now 2 Korea.
Like he said...they live on fairy tales and always sleep walking into silly situations
@@easternrazor3749 Battle of Yultong is a fictional story made by the pinoys to raise morale of their soldiers against China. It's not working because China keeps taking more of Philippinos everyday
a fictional story made by the pinoys to raise morale of their soldiers against China. It's not working because China keeps taking more of Philippinos everyday and pinoys only watching
@@sirius5159 It's to raise all time Iow morale of the Filipinos. It's a fairy tale
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as a cambodian, WE ARE CONCERNED OF THIS ISSUE.
@@FatBunny168Except you're not 😎
This is an anti-West channel, pro-CCP channel
@@FatBunny168If you are a Cambodian, then you need to participate in building a better river. There is no law saying China has to release a drop of water to you. Do you know where the waters come from? What about the minerals? If you want to solve the problem, you have to build your own dams and raise the water level. Or pay China to release more water.
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The title suggest that the Chinese is to be at fault for this ecological disaster as in the Cambodians have absolutely no say in building this dam.
The title would be correct as 12 out of the 14 dams built up river in the Mekong is fundamentally within Chinese territorial integrity and completely under the influence of the Chinese authority.
@@adex7038 then it's a wrong video if that is the title
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Are you illiterate? There are no dams on the Mekong in Cambodia. They are in China and Laos where China has partnered and financed the building with Laos and Thailand.
American build dam around Native land and I am Australia also did too any why South China Morning post don't say nothing about them.
Not all dams are catastrophic to the land. Beside, Native land is still American land.
The Chinese-built dams plus the going-to-build Funan canal will help Cambodia reclaim Khmer Krom (the south Vietnam) without a hot war.
What about Japanese nuclear water discharge
Chinese companies are just contractors. If not China, another company could build it. Those countries that order the construction of dam are responsible.
What are you smoking? There is no law requiring China to release a drop of water.
No they are not. The Chinese Government is a partner and shareholder who finance the construction along with partners Laos and Thailand who buy the power even if they don't need it as they currently have a surplus
@@geoffcollins9428OM*G. Those are projects, not f*cking agreements on water.
The Chinese government is a shareholder lol, the pay, at least in part, and greenlight the construction.
@@darkcloud5830Another tantrum sinkhole.😱
Soon no more water in mekong Xi jin ping own the world😂
That is ridiculous. Do you know how rivers work?
Miserably, by seeing the Chinese attitude towards the destruction of ecosystem in the Mekong region, it seems after all, money with power is driving the human into artificial benefits from the purity of it's nature, that's what the world is going through.
Its actually indian built dams
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ANY KIND OF DAMS SHOULD BE BANNED - BECAUSE IT"S BLOCKS FISH SPAWNING MIGRATIONS ! IT"S TRUE !
Only dams on small streams should be used !
Or the other consequence, not using hydropower, instead use coal burning and pollute not just the rivers but cause acid rain
India is a shining example.
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Yeah, "Chinese-built"...
Do you wanna keep supporting "belt and road initiative"? 😂
Given benefit why not.
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Whats the "We haven't lost a single species yet in Mekong"? "Dams prevent sediments from reaching lower river"! Don't you know Chinese Dams release sediments periodically to prevent siltation ?
There should be some form of international law that regulates this. Cutting off a river is literally a death sentence for some countries.
These logics make no sense. China water is not required to make it to other countries. If they want to block the water or be guided to somewhere else, that is their own choice. Countries that are saying the water level is decreasing or insufficient minerals need to put those in themselves. Is there an international law that says if it rains, a certain percentage has to go to other countries? I do not see the other countries contributing water or minerals upstream. Maybe if the other countries pay China to release certain millions of gallons of water, then the issues can be solved. Playing the blaming game is ridiculous.
Another very ignorant reply with no education about the environment. All 5 countries through which the Mekong flows have signed up to a treaty which says they have to share the water. China ignores it
@@geoffcollins9428 Where do you think the source of water comes from? What laws are there to force China or any country on the planet to comply? Stop snorting the drugs.
@@geoffcollins9428 Please read the 1995 Mekong Agreement. It is 4 countries, not 5. China is not part of it. They are in the talk. They don't need to do anything as they are upriver. Go learn some things about mother nature before you talk.
@@darkcloud5830 Have you ever even been on the Mekong? I've been kayaking the river for 20 years, in Thailand and Laos. China did not sign as it wanted to destroy the river with no constraints. A few years ago one of the dams in China released water at 3am without telling its neighbours. The wave rose 100m in Pak Beng and swept away houses in the middle of the night. All countries have to consult and live in harmony for the Mekong to survive. More recently it just started blowing up rapids in Laos so Chinese ships could pass, without seeking permission from either Laos or Thailand as the rapids were in their territory. After an international outcry they were finally stopped.
@@geoffcollins9428 And what is the point of that? Do you know how dams work? It might be at a dangerous level and it has to be released, otherwise, expect 1000m with trees and rocks and buildings rushing down. Use your brain and stop making excuses. As for me being on the Mekong river, yes I did when I visited Vietnam. The waters are up to each country to protect. So don't blame it on China. China is not required to give a drop of water.
Blamed China again. Who ask them to built?!
The Chinese asked the Chinese to build the Chinese dams lol
Relax it normal for losers to sulk and whine 🤗
It's a real shame that the MEKONG is totally POLLUTED and BROKEN as an ecosystem.
Whose fault is THAT?
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@@thegoodyogi6969 Water will flow, sir...
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