Promoting alternative energy sources
Since meeting energy demands is seen as the root of past mistakes, organizations including WWF are focusing their activities on promoting alternative energy sources.One of the major challenges in the fight to protect the Mekong River and its vital ecosystems is to help the region to improve energy efficiency through demand side management (DSM) and shift to a decentralized energy pattern that relies primarily on DSM and environmentally friendly, small-scale technologies.
We aim to promote a mixture of options for energy generation, water supply and agricultural production that will enable social and economic aspirations to be met in ways that will also maintain environmental quality.
This means working with the governments of the Mekong region, international bodies such as the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS), business (especially technology companies) and other NGOs.
