A new documentary focusses on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake and it’s flooded forests, a unique area now under threat
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Mekong Delta river market struggles to stay afloat
Vendors struggle to survive as well-known floating market left high and dry by new infrastructure and a lack of planning
Cambodian villagers plan new attraction after last dolphin dies
With the Irrawaddy dolphin now extinct in their section of the Mekong, villagers hatch a new plan to attract tourists
Pearl companies in Myanmar clam up on military ties
Despite its low profile, the country’s pearl industry stands accused of providing revenue to help prop up the military junta
