Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Thailand’s ban on hazardous farming chemicals to remain in place
Industry Minister points out that they are banned in many other countries, in addition to Thailand.
The perils of life in Beijing’s backyard
Its stretch of the Mekong is narrow, deep and thinly populated, making it suitable for dam-building allowing China to reap the benefits of hydropower generation, while exporting most of the environmental costs.
Myanmar’s stumbling Dawei SEZ takes another step forward despite COVID-19
The stumbling progress of the Dawei SEZ shows the consequences of top-down development that doesn’t have support among local communities.
Youth, monks on Prey Lang visit
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Environment led monks and youth to inspect the work of rangers protecting Prey Lang
Vietnam creates new nature reserve, possible home to elusive ‘Asian unicorn’
Conservationists have hailed the establishment of the new Dong Chau-Khe Nuoc Trong Nature Reserve as a major step for the protection of Vietnam’s wildlife.
Thailand presses ahead with massive SEC scheme
Will fuel local tension against the corridor, arguing that it would bring a heavy industry complex to what really is a fishery and farm-based district.
First-ever survey of white-bellied herons spells doom for these birds
The world’s second-largest heron, found in parts of India, Bhutan, Myanmar and China is critically endangered due to dams and other human activities.