China has agreed to provide data on the Mekong River ’s water levels in order to boost efforts to cope with the river’s alarming drought, according to the Mekong River Commission (MRC).
The Bangkok-based agency said that China would provide it with hydrological data from the country’s upstream monitoring stations on the Mekong where more than 60 million people in many countries are living on.
Jeremy Bird, MRC Secretariat chief, considered China’s decision “a very positive sign” that is expected to open a new level of cooperation between China and countries along the lower Mekong River basin, thus together addressing the great challenges facing riverside countries, including food security and climate change.
MRC also highly valued China’s decision as it was made just on the threshold of a meeting of four nations of the lower Mekong River basin, including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, in Hua Hin city, Thailand, in April.
The meeting will discuss measures to manage the Mekong River water resource, which now stands at the lowest level for 20 years./.
The Bangkok-based agency said that China would provide it with hydrological data from the country’s upstream monitoring stations on the Mekong where more than 60 million people in many countries are living on.
Jeremy Bird, MRC Secretariat chief, considered China’s decision “a very positive sign” that is expected to open a new level of cooperation between China and countries along the lower Mekong River basin, thus together addressing the great challenges facing riverside countries, including food security and climate change.
MRC also highly valued China’s decision as it was made just on the threshold of a meeting of four nations of the lower Mekong River basin, including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, in Hua Hin city, Thailand, in April.
The meeting will discuss measures to manage the Mekong River water resource, which now stands at the lowest level for 20 years./.
