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Speakers who participated in the discussion include Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell; Dr. Somkiat Prajamwong, Secretary General of the National Water Resources Office of Thailand; Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former ambassador of Vietnam to the United States; Ambassador Pou Sothirak, Executive Director of the Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace; Mr. Niwat Roykaew of the Mekong People’s Council; Dr. Pon Souvannaseng, Assistant Professor at Bentley University (USA).
Speakers participating in the MDM launch event |
MDM uses remote sensing tools, satellite imagery, and analysis tools called “Geographic Information Systems” (GIS) to provide an online platform for tracking and capture. and the unprecedented level of data downloads on river events play a key role in the region.
Director Brian Eyler demonstrates how to monitor China’s hydroelectric dams on the Lan Thuong River (upper Mekong) |
The new tool also promises to provide data that has not been previously disclosed by authorities, such as the storage and discharge of water in giant reservoirs of the upstream dam network, including the Tieu dam. Loan and Dam Tram Do (China).
An earlier report from the Eyes on Earth company found that 11 Chinese hydroelectric dams from October 5, 2019 had kept water above normal levels when water levels in the lower Mekong region fell back to their lowest level in the interior. 50 years.
“This shows that Chinese dams have held the country down, making the drought worse downstream,” said Alan Basist.
And based on the MDM, policy makers, researchers can grasp the direct evidence to draw conclusions that China is hard to deny.
Under Secretary of State Stilwell declared that “the era of cover-up is over” and the United States will continue to work with regional nations to ensure transparency in the use of the Mekong River for the benefit of all. side.
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