Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Illegal gold mining threatens freshwater lake in Myanmar
Gold rush in Kachin state puts the country’s largest freshwater inland lake at risk of disappearing.
Post-pandemic wildlife trade threatens human and forest health
While hunting is a historic practice in Southeast Asia, rising commercial pressure and cheaper poaching methods are emptying forests faster than they can replenish, hurting human and forest health.