Laos has established a disaster preparedness and response network at the community level to provide training about climate change, floods and drought, storms, diseases, epidemics and landslides –
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Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Energy ministry offers updates on power plants
The Ministry of Mines and Energy gave an update on five planned power plants with a capacity of 1,905 megawatts (mW) under construction to meet the growing energy demand in Cambodia.
Vietnam among top three leading Asia-Pacific nations in renewable energy shift
Vietnam ranks third in Asia-Pacific after Australia and Japan and takes the lead among emerging markets in terms of offering good feed-in tariffs to attract investment in solar and wind power.
A Plastic Bottle Can Get You A Blessing At This Temple In Thailand
According to a report in 2017, Thailand ranks among one of the five countries in the world that accounts for more than half of the plastic in the oceans.
Fight the PM2.5 war for clean air now
Without effective policies to curb the rise of PM2.5 pollutants, the health and environmental impacts will soon become too acute, causing unimaginable health costs and destroying the country’s economic standing in the competitive global arena.
Pursat: Prahok and the life of a floating community
Prahok is a dish that represents the identity of our Cambodian people because of its unique taste and smell. It is accompanied by a long presence in this land of Sovannaphum and the Cambodian people continue to practice the tradition of making prahok to this day.
Wildlife violations reduced in Hue, Quang Nam and Da Nang
At least 86 per cent of advertisements for illegal wildlife products in hotels, restaurants, bars, pet shops and herbal medicine shops in Thừa Thiên-Huế, Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam were removed by local authorities in 2019 and 2020.
Lao Power Company Deep in Debt, But Managers Live Well
Lao electric power provider Electricite du Laos is deep in debt, owing at least $2 billion to foreign creditors, mainly Chinese and Thai. Meanwhile, EDL managers still live well, in some cases amassing large personal fortunes, sources say.
Cambodian farmers can no longer rely on the Tonle Sap lake
The seasonal flooding of Asia’s largest freshwater lake is being disrupted by upstream dams and climate change – and affecting 4.8 million people
Trafficking of banned Myanmar teak lands German company with $4m fine
Although there is a regulation that prohibits imports of Myanmar wood into the EU, companies take advantage of legal loopholes to evade it, says the Environmental Investigation Agency.