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Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Guardians of Pat-Chan: How river conservations thrived before Myanmar’s crisis
A group of conservationists and villagers fought to preserve Myanmar’s southern Pat-Chan River and its mangrove forests – until a military coup forced their efforts to halt
Infrastructure shrinks Mekong Delta’s major floating markets
Vendors struggle to stay afloat as new roads and embankments push floating markets to the brink
From karst to cement: Cambodia’s infrastructure boom puts ecosystems at risk
As Cambodia tries to cement its future, the cost is the limestone mountains called karsts and the ecosystems they contain
Mapping the future of solar capacity in the Mekong region and beyond
A review of Southeast Asia’s evolving landscape of solar energy adoption, from achievements to hurdles and future aspirations
Extreme weather hits coffee growers in Laos
Coffee has helped lift farmers on the Bolaven Plateau and others out of poverty, but extreme weather threatens output
Tracing arsenic contamination in Viet Nam’s rice paddies
Scientists say common irrigation practices exacerbate contamination and want official limits tightened
Between nature and nation
A documentary explores what changes to the flow of the Mekong has done to the river’s islands as disputes rise over ownership
