Tracking Mekong Infrastructure since 2020 @StimsonCenter.
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The Kunming-Vientiane Railway is slated to begin operating in 2021.
@Stimson_SEAsia's latest interactive StoryMap explores the high speed rail project & potential social, environmental, & economic challenges of building out the railway, & more:
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"As 2022 @ASEAN Chair, #Cambodia has an opportunity to promote meaningful dialogue on key issues for ASEAN & the Indo-Pacific," writes Patrick Murphy.
Learn more about Cambodia's chance for change in @USAmbCambodia’s Stimson commentary:
stimson.org/2021/cambodias-c…
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Regan Kwan retweeted
The @StimsonCenter & @KASonline's joint working group aims to change the narrative from competition to greater cohesion & cooperation in water diplomacy.
Read @faamer's project note on the JWG's latest meeting & its focus on the Euphrates-Tigris river:
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Regan Kwan retweeted
Nearly 170 hydropower dams in the #Mekong are driving the once-mighty river toward a deep erosion of its natural resource base.
@MekongMonitor co-lead, @aikunming's latest StoryMap pens a way forward w/o damming the Mekong to its ecological tipping point:
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what are some environmental impacts of infrastructure development? Using the new Mekong Deforestation App, you can now track forest loss over the past 20 years in the #Mekong region. Check it out!
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Want to find the best locations for infrastructure in the #Mekong? Check out the Suitability Mapper, the newest #Mekong Infrastructure Tracker tool. Choose from >25 environmental & socio-economic data layers to build your map! @USAIDAsia @Asia_Foundation
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ALT choose from over 25 data layers
ALT create your model with data of interest
ALT generate your map to find areas of suitability
ALT generate charts for specific regions
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the #Mekong Infrastructure Tracker can aid in strengthening ESG standards and practices. This Bangkok Post article shows how the Tracker can provide comprehensive data on project development!
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we just launched TWO new infrastructure datasets on transmission lines and reservoirs on the #Mekong Infrastructure Tracker! Take a look at what we've found:
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our NEW Industrial Spaces data now live on the #Mekong Infrastructure Tracker! w/ ~700 SEZs, industrial zones, airports, railway stations & ports ID'd, you won't find this anywhere else @StimsonCenter @USAIDAsia @Asia_Foundation
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Regan Kwan retweeted
Our team @Stimson_SEAsia is looking forward to hosting a book discussion on the recently-released book Saigon Sisters with author Patricia Norland & Prof. Lien-Hang T. Nguyen from @CUHistoryDept on August 20th! For more info & to RSVP: stimson.org/event/privileged…
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Regan Kwan retweeted
Maps published in #China don’t show the size and shape of its 11 mainstream #Mekong reservoirs. We found and drew those plus >90 reservoirs on Mekong tributaries in China! Never-before-seen hi-res map of China’s Mekong. Kudos to @regankwan! stimson.org/2020/mekong-rese… @StimsonCenter
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how did we forget about rivers?! Regional river systems from @World_Wildlife's HydroSHEDS have been added to @Stimson_SEAsia's #Mekong Infrastructure Tracker tools! @WWFMekong @WWF_FreeRivers @WWFLeadWater @intlrivers
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and Liftoff! Mekong Infrastructure Tracker is up with tools to track impact of development in the #Mekong! Explore infrastructure development & its effects in the region. Check it out! @USAIDAsia @Asia_Foundation @blueraster @Esri_Nonprofit @StimsonCenter stimson.org/project/mekong-i…
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Regan Kwan retweeted
SAVE THE DATE: May 27 @ 9:30 a.m.
WHAT: Webinar launch of our new Mekong Infrastructure Tracker, a web platform on infrastructure development in the Mekong Region
WHO: Gloria Steele, Mary Melnyk, @ebwhitaker, @aikunming & @regankwan
WHERE: Online (duh)
stimson.org/event/launch-of-…
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Regan Kwan retweeted
The Project Impact Screener is 1 of 2 interactive apps on the #Mekong Infrastructure Tracker. It brings in robust GIS layer data to help users learn about how inf projects impact their surroundings and external risks to those projects. stimson.org/event/launch-of-…
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#Mekong downstream 2019 drought was exacerbated by low levels in the mainstream - why? #China's dams held the water back despite higher than normal rainfall. #IMadeThis #GIS
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Regan Kwan retweeted
New research shows for the first time that Beijing’s engineers appear to have directly caused the record low levels of water in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam nyti.ms/3eb2abk
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Regan Kwan retweeted
My team's take on new evidence that #China's upstream #Mekong dams drove 2019 Lower Mekong drought. @StimsonCenter. @MSullivanSEAsia @ShibaniMahtani @RobinsonBKK @HannahEP @David_H_Boyle @TylerRoney @larsonchristina @_aswesterman @stefanlovgren @SBengali stimson.org/2020/new-evidenc…
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Happy to be Thing #3 with @aikunming & @cbweatherby. Excited to explore enviro impact of #Mekong infrastructure development.
Today @regankwan starts his 2nd week w @Stimson_SEAsia. He will curate our #Mekong Infrastructure Tracker set for release in mid-April. #GIS @EsriEnvironment @USAIDAsia
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