The ADB is featuring organic food as a new type of tourism in the GMS, while farmers themselves are suffering, as is the ecology many of these tourists want to experience.
Category: Cambodia
Cambodia’s fisheries at risk due to hydropower development on Mekong, MRC warns
Hydropower development will likely deal a serious economic blow to Cambodia, with dire outlooks for its fisheries and rice outputs predicts Mekong River Commission (MRC).
Muddying the Mekong: balancing sediment and sustainable development
If all the dams currently proposed for the lower Mekong basin are developed, sediment load reaching the delta will fall to 4% of current levels
Scientists discover 115 new species in Greater Mekong Region: WWF report
A beautifully colored frog, two mole species found by a team of Vietnamese and Russian scientists, and a fish from Cambodia with a long body and bold stripes…
Building a refuge where trawlers now ravage Cambodia’s marine life
In the Kep Archipelago a small NGO is working to establish a marine refuge that will keep the trawlers at bay so seagrass meadows can recover and depleted fish stocks can return to life.
UW project seeks sustainable blueprint for hydropower dams
Can the Mekong fisheries, worth more than US$2 billion annually, co-exist with the 100 hydropower dams planned for construction along the tributaries and main stem of the river?
China urges utilisation of LMC scheme for boost to agriculture sector
“The five Mekong countries have great potential in developing trade in agriculture and hope that you can sell more good products to us,” said Chinese senior LMC officer
Testing the winds in Cambodia’s energy sector
A new study focusing on wind energy’s potential in coastal provinces is expected to complete next year.
Human rights advice for Thais who invest abroad
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has provided three recommendations to prevent human rights violations stemming from Thai investment overseas.
A wave of young female activists from Cambodia aim to shake up the patriarchy. Here’s how
Cambodian women regularly spearhead land rights demonstrations, and in recent years some have even parlayed their newfound activism into entering the political sphere.