Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Ministry of Environment to strengthen marine environment and biodiversity protection
he purpose of the project is to support ASEAN member nations to improve the implementation of marine waste reduction to reduce negative impact on marine environment and coral life. The geographical focus of the pilot project are the major sources of marine debris in the Mekong area such as Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as the Philippines and Indonesia.
Laos to see mineral earnings of USD 463 million in fourth quarter
“Mining operations now excavate gold, copper, zinc, potassium, limestone, and lead. Mineral and mining projects in Laos cover a land area of over seven million hectares throughout the country or over 30 percent of the total land area.”
Vietnam eyes 4 GW offshore wind power capacity by 2030
Vietnam will increase offshore wind power capacity to 4 GW from 1 GW and onshore wind power capacity to nearly 17.34 GW from about 1.26 GW by 2030, according to the latest draft of the National Power Development Plan VIII.
China’s no bully, Xi tells bloc
Thailand supports China’s continued and constructive role in narrowing development gaps both in Asean and the sub-regions, particularly the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation framework, under which Thailand will assume co-chairmanship with China in 2022, and the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy, of which China is one of the key Development Partners.
Thai pledges undermining climate push
The problem is the [government’s] BAU carbon emission baseline for 2030 — which forms the benchmark for tracking its greenhouse gas reduction — is set at an unrealistically high level at 354 megatonnes of carbon-equivalent. Reports published over the past decade suggest the actual level averages around 160 mtCO²e, with small growths seen each year.
Farmers tempt endangered cranes back – by growing their favourite food
In Cambodia’s fertile Mekong delta, rice farmers are switching to the varieties loved by the world’s tallest flying bird to help stop its decline.
Thailand develops forecasting system to combat PM2.5 airborne dust
Pollution Control Department Director-General Athapol Charoenshunsa said his department has developed an air quality forecasting system for use in evaluating the PM2.5 situation in the North and in Greater Bangkok.
