In Kubler-Ross’s stages of grief, there are five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These stages are not linear. Some individuals may go through the different stages quicker than others, some may experience multiple stages of grief at once, and some may go back and forth between the stages.

In the Lower Mekong Basin, community members are experiencing grief that have emerged from the immense amount of losses brought about by ecological changes.