Both sides expressed a common desire to strengthen cooperation and render mutual support in regional and international frameworks, including ASEAN, the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the UN and Mekong sub-regional cooperation, in order to contribute to the maintenance of peace, security and sustainable development.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Haze to shroud capital until next week
Over 10,000 hotspots are detected in the Lower Mekong region annually, as farmers engage in open burning to prepare their land for the harvest and re-planting of maize, sugar and rice,
Strengthening the visualisation of ‘Cambodian Economic Dreams
We need to further promote “economisation of political discourse” so that we can collect and identify common desires among all stakeholders in our effort to further visualising and consolidating “Cambodian Economic Dreams” that are shared by the people and leaving no one behind.
‘Interceptor’ to filter river debris
“This innovation should help curb the volume of free-floating rubbish before it actually gets washed out into the ocean, mitigating the impact of marine debris on endangered marine creatures and coastal marine ecosystems,”
On the banks of Thailand’s Mun River, villages are struggling to survive in the shadow of the dams
Raiwan Anan-uea, 48, recalls a simple and happy adolescence in the district of Rasi Salai, where a dozen villages shared the abundant resources available in this remote corner of Isan (north-eastern) Thailand. “All year round we could grow rice, beans, cucumbers and potatoes. We could pick bamboo, catch catfish and water snails, cultivate honey, graze […]
Dam-Impacted Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Lancang-Mekong River Basin
A WEF nexus model for the Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB) was developed to investigate the impacts of value preferences from riparian countries, reservoir operation policies, and future dam construction.
Laos: Famed Hin Nam No national park to join IUCN green list
The national park covers 94,000 hectares, mostly comprising pristine karst forests. Together with the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, it constitutes the largest protected tropical karst area in the world.
Platform to help fight forestry crimes
“So, using modern technology like the PMAP platform that can record all the data would make it more convenient [for rangers] to control the general situation and take immediate measures to tackle crimes.
Conversation on China’s latest white paper and flagging Belt and Road Initiative
Murg’s work focuses on Chinese aid and investment policy in Southeast Asia; the political economy of foreign aid; and the politics of the Greater Mekong Sub-region as a whole.
Agricultural sector reduces rice-growing areas, improves rice quality
Agro-ecological zones, that are severely affected by climate change, such as drought and saltwater intrusion, namely the South Central Coast, Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan provinces, the Central Highlands, and coastal areas in Mekong Delta provinces, have actively changed the structure of crops and animals, instead of growing rice.