As the Mekong Basin pitches toward ecological crisis, knowledge of the operations of dams on the Mekong mainstream in China and other parts of the Mekong Basin has been kept inside a black box. The Mekong Dam Monitor is a public resource that uses remote sensing and satellite imagery to provide near-real-time reporting and data downloads across numerous previously unreported indicators in the Mekong Basin. This project is a collaborative partnership formed by the Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia Program and Eyes on Earth, Inc. The Mekong Dam Monitor is supported by the Mekong-US Partnership and is hosted on mekongwater.org.
Join the Stimson Center for a virtual launch of the project. Speakers include:
David R. Stilwell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs (Keynote Address)
Ambassador Patrick Murphy, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia (Closing Remarks)
Gwen Robinson, Chief Editor, Nikkei Asia Review (Moderator)
Brian Eyler, Project co-lead, Stimson
Alan Basist, Project co-lead, Eyes on Earth
Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, Former Vietnam Ambassador to the United States
Ambassador Pou Sothirak, Executive Director, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace; Former Cambodia Minister of Mines and Energy
Niwat Roykaew, Mekong People’s Council
Dr. Pon Souvannaseng, Assistant Professor for Global Studies, Bentley University
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