A strange thing has happened to the Mekong. The murky brown, sediment-rich waters that normally pour from the Tibetan Plateau through China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam have turned a very bright blue. That is, what’s left of the water.
With a dam-building race kicked into high gear by China, much of the Mekong has gone dry, affecting food sources for the 60 million people who live along its banks and leaving many experts wondering what lies ahead for one of the most important rivers on Earth.
An upcoming photo exhibition will dive into the environmental catastrophe unfolding before our eyes.
The Mekong is Blue and Dried is a storytelling initiative that uses photos and essays to highlight environmental degradation, the impact of dams, and how they have affected both the communities who depend on the river for their livelihoods and the groups…
