The emergency development and commissioning of the heavy-fuel project, built by China National Machinery Corporation near the Mekong Rive,r follows Cambodia suffering heavy energy shortages in the dry seasons due to failure by the country’s hydropower plants to operate at full capacity.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
1st batch of Lao cattle exported to China
The first exportation of Lao cattle to China reflects the in-depth development of the China-Laos economic and trade cooperation, the Chinese embassy said in a statement issued on Thursday,
Proposal for paradigm shift on environment cooperation in Cambodia
The conventional wisdom or at least the mainstream media narrative would be that the Cambodian government is so corrupt, and has destroyed the whole forest coverage just for personal gains, and the deforestation has been the major cause of flood and drought in Cambodia.
At Vietnam’s southern tip, mangroves defend the land from the encroaching sea
In response, people there are working to restore and preserve mangroves like almost nowhere else in Vietnam in an attempt to protect the remaining coastal land from encroaching seas.
Vietnam promotes gender mainstreaming in climate change policies
The research showed that Vietnam has made efforts to complete policies on gender equality and climate change response but pointed out that women’s participation in policy making and management is limited.
Google helps tackle plastic pollution in the Mekong River, aided by machine learning
Aided by technical advisory support from Google, the CounterMEASURE project will build and deploy a new machine learning model capable of uncovering a more detailed and accurate view of plastic pollution in the river.
Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
Recent satellite data suggest 2021 is not starting out well for Keo Seima, with higher numbers of deforestation alerts detected than in years past.
Illegal rare earth mines on China border multiply since Myanmar’s coup
“Before the coup, we only saw one or two trucks per day. Now there is no proper inspection we are seeing 10 to 15,” an activist in Chipwi told The Irrawaddy.
USAID helps Vietnam’s climate change fight with two new projects
The Sustainable Forest Management project, implemented by U.S.-based economic and social development firm DAI Global, would help reduce carbon emissions from deforestation, forest degradation and poor timber plantation management in Vietnam,
Laos and China cooperate in building low-carbon demonstration zone
In addition, the project will strengthen the consensus between China and Laos in addressing climate change and green and low-carbon transition, and boost the regional cooperation between China and countries in the Indochina Peninsula in tackling climate change.