Laos’s Threat to the Mekong River
In the Mekong River’s 4,800 km journey from the snow-capped mountains of Tibet to Vietnam delta, the Sipandon area in southern Laos stands out as a critical part of the river‘s ecosystem, blessed by raging waterfalls, picturesque islands and a small colony of endangered freshwater dolphins.
Sipandon – meaning 4,000 Islands – is an area of immense biodive…
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