The Mekong
Campbell, Ian Charles
The Mekong is the most controversial river in Southeast Asia, and increasingly the focus of international attention. It flows through 6 countries, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and VietNam, has the largest freshwater fishery in the world and supports an enormous rice-growing industry. Yet it is a river system under threat from development, hydropower dams and irrigation schemes. This book will provide a broad overview of all the env...