In one protected area complex, the Hue and Quang Nam Saola Nature Reserves, in central Vietnam, forest rangers collected more than 110,000 wire snares over the course of a few years.
Category: Laos
‘Watered Down”: report on policy versus practice in flagship dam projects
Includes a case study of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project in Laos, the first time a Chinese company obtained rights to develop a cascade along an entire river basin outside of China.
Can Laos profit from China rail link despite being US$1.5 billion in debt?
Identifying and implementing new business opportunities that leverage the highspeed railway will be central to the ultimate significance of the project for Laos.
Partnerships saving the wild animals of Laos
Watching these animals emerge from their small carriers into the protected area is a wonderful indication of how partnerships between the government and NGO sectors can bring about real change.
The Loss of the Ou River
The eco-systems and the communities that depend on this Mekong tributary in Laos are facing tremendous changes because of a cascade of seven-dams being built by China’s Sinohydro Corporation.
Lives and livelihoods along the new Laos-China railway.
Ten residents from Nasang village, who lost land to the railway, took photographs and shared, in their own words, how the railway is altering their livelihoods and shaping their hopes for the future.
Chinese-Owned Factory in Laos Causes Health Scare
“We did not give them permission for this factory from the start,” the environmental official said.
Lao Dam Resettlement Village Out of Water Due to Drought
The community too faces hardships from lack of jobs, schools, health care, and land suitable for farming, while landslides also pose a threat to the village, which is built on a mountain slope that may collapse when rains return.