Category: Laos
Still No Progress on Seventh Anniversary of Sombath Somphone’s Disappearance
Before his abduction, Sombath had challenged massive land deals negotiated by the government that had left thousands of rural Lao villagers homeless with little paid in compensation.
Laos blames droughts on climate change
For the first half of 2019, the rainfall in Nam Ou basin, the biggest of the Mekong tributaries in Laos, decreased 41 percent compared to the same period in 2018 and continued to drop to 29 percent during July to September.
As 7th Anniversary of Lao Activist’s Disappearance Approaches, More Remain Missing
Before his abduction, Sombath had challenged massive land deals negotiated by the government that had left thousands of rural Lao villagers homeless with little paid in compensation, sparking rare, popular protests.
Tigers Extinct in Laos
The snaring crisis in Southeast Asia appears to have claimed the lives of the country’s last wild tigers.
Cross-border cooperation crucial to conserve wildlife
20 Laotian and 17 Thai law enforcement representatives worked with WWF to develop skills needed to identify wildlife products and enforce new, strict wildlife laws at border zones.
Illegal hunting a greater threat to wildlife than forest degradation
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.
‘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.