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The Mekong River – Asia’s third-longest which nourishes China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam – is drying up. Hit by devastating droughts in 2016 and 2020, the Mekong region is battling sustained heat waves again this year affecting drinking water supply and threatening agricultural output. Overfishing, riverbank erosion, habitat loss and pollution have all also done their part to damage the river’s health. … Continued