Publications
Basin Development Strategy 2021-2030 and MRC Strategic Plan 2021-2025
This Basin Development Strategy, in Part 1, sets out how water and related resources of the Mekong River Basin should be utilised, managed and conserved over the next 10 years from the perspectives of the Lower Mekong River Basin countries. Its main purpose is to guide all actors involved in Mekong water-related issues towards achieving improvements in the environmental, social and economic state of the Mekong River Basin.
Including in Part 2 of the strategy is the MRC Strategic Plan for 2021–2025, which is a unified corporate plan that is fully integrated with the BDS 2021–2030. The Strategic Plan sets out how the MRC will contribute to the implementation of the BDS and to strengthen the organisation over the next five years.
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg0nv | Published on: 05 Apr 2021 | Language: English
Summary of Minutes of the 27th Meeting of the MRC Council (Session 1)
26 November 2020, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg0nx | Published on: 02 Dec 2020 | Language: English
Summary of Minutes of the 24th Dialogue Meeting of the MRC Joint Committee
22 October 2020, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg0nz | Published on: 26 Oct 2020 | Language: English
Summary of Minutes of the 50th Meeting of the MRC Joint Committee
1 October 2020, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg0o2 | Published on: 05 Oct 2020 | Language: English
Hydropower Mitigation Guidelines (Volume 3)
This is the third and last volume of the MRC’s Hydropower Mitigation Guidelines. This third volume discusses how promising mitigation options have been modelled and analysed for all mainstream dams.
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg0o6 | Published on: 28 Sept 2020 | Language: English
Joint Environmental Monitoring Programme Pilots Project: The Process
This brief provides readers and decision-makers in the Mekong with key information about the MRC’s Joint Environmental Monitoring Programme (JEM) Pilots Project currently running at the first two Mekong mainstream dams in Lao PDR – the Xayaburi and Don Sahong dams.
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg3tx | Published on: 21 Sept 2020 | Language: English
Joint Environmental Monitoring Programme Pilots Project Factsheet
This factsheet provides brief information about the MRC’s Joint Environmental Monitoring Programme (JEM) Pilots Project current running at the first two Mekong mainstream dams in Lao PDR – the Xayaburi and Don Sahong dams. It covers key facts you need to know about JEM.
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg3tu | Published on: 21 Sept 2020 | Language: English
Situation Report On Hydrological Conditions In the Lower Mekong River Basin in January-July 2020
The report presents a preliminary analysis of the hydro-meteorological conditions in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) in January-July 2020 and identifies multiple possible causes of the low flows and drought in 2020.
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg3u0 | Published on: 07 Aug 2020 | Language: English
Technical Review Report on Prior Consultation for the Luang Prabang Hydropower Project
The report was prepared to support the prior consultation process for the proposed Luang Prabang hydropower project. It provides a scientific review of the documentation submitted to the MRC by the Lao National Mekong Committee, covering hydrology and hydraulics, sediment and geomorphology, water quality and aquatic ecology, fish passage and fisheries, navigation, dam safety, and socio-economic aspects.
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg3u2 | Published on: 14 Jul 2020 | Language: English
Annual Mekong Hydrology, Flood and Drought Report 2018
The report will replaces the Annual Mekong Flood Report to provide an annual summary on different hydrological subjects, ranging from flood, hydrology, and drought recognition to monitoring and early warning, remote sensing, modelling, and water management.
Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg3u4 | Published on: 09 Jul 2020 | Language: English