Sue learned that the local Tibetan Chinese have a deep reverence for the Mekong and refrain from damaging or polluting the river so that folks downstream can also enjoy “clean drinking water”.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Chinese Casino Mogul Zhao Wei Explores Expansion Out of Laos’ Golden Triangle SEZ
A controversial Chinese casino kingpin with a large business network in Laos is looking to develop tourism facilities in remote areas of the Southeast Asian country, sources in Laos told RFA.
Ca Mau: Large areas of forest at high risk of fire
More than 44,500 ha of forest in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is at high risk of catching fire due to a prolonged hot spell and drought
Inside Thailand’s fight against toxic annual wildfires – ‘it’s just getting worse and worse’
We are told during our visit to one that about 1,000 fire fronts are burning in the area.
PM slammed over clean air bill decision
These two bills are a clean air management bill initiated by 12,000 people in a signature campaign and proposed to parliament on July 13 last year; and a bill on transporting and discharging toxic substances into the environment proposed by the Move Forward Party.
Chinese company builds “green expressway” in Cambodia
As the PPSHV Expressway stretches across the natural reserve, home to many wild animals, the constructors added shields along the wire mesh fence of 21 km as a kind of protection.
Why Cambodia’s environmentalists fear new internet firewall
Environmental activists in Cambodia fear for their privacy and freedom of expression as the country introduces a new China-style internet firewall
Report attributes 32,000 premature deaths in Thailand to air pollution
The report cites the PM2.5 pollution particles as the main culprit as particles in that size range are the most likely to travel deeply into the respiratory tract, reaching the lungs.
Chinese aggression pushes Vietnam ever closer to Washington
Chinese damming, coupled with the effects of climate change, has robbed the Mekong River of its riches and in 2016 caused Vietnam to experience its worst drought in 90 years.
Mekong River Commission unveils strategy and action plan
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) released a ten-year basin development strategy and a five-year strategic plan Monday to address challenges and improve the state of the basin.