WWF-Cambodia took 15 youths to the dolphin sanctuary in Kratie province for three days to learn about at-risk Irrawaddy dolphins along the Mekong River
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Let’s Plant Meat: “Can Thailand Make a Dent in the Plant-Based Meat Universe?”
Before we can attain sustainability through food, we must make alternative food taste good with a price that can reach the masses.
Foreign investors push economic zones in Laos despite debt, local opposition
Beyond debt concerns, the lack of transparency with these massive projects pose “major concerns about just compensation, land rights and environmental degradation.”
Development project of Mekong Delta interdisciplinary database
To implement an integrated solutions, connectivity, sharing, linking databases between ministries, central agencies and the Mekong River Commission.
Cambodia floods put spotlight on risk of trading lakes for land
Poor planning in rush to develop worsens damage from climate change
As Wetlands Ail, conservationist sees future in villagers’ guardianship
Seila is one of the few conservationists who spends the many hours of listening needed to earn the trust of locals.
Waste not, want not
Thai Activists seek a total ban on Thailand’s practice of importing foreign trash.
Rapid growth could cost Vietnam’s coast dear: World Bank
While development continues to concentrate along the coast, flood risks in high-growth areas are twice as high as in low-growth areas.
Rooting out inequalities
Women’s participation in forest management in conflict-affected areas of Karen state in Myanmar