Developed through numerous rounds of national and regional consultations with hydropower developers, interested stakeholders.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
SEA BED ALONG SOUTHERN COAST IS NOW PROTECTED BY LAW
Sea grass, coral reefs and undersea rock formations in Thailand’s four southern coastal provinces are now legally protected.
Chinese Companies Flocking to Southern Myanmar’s Industrial Complex Megaproject
Planning to transform Dawei into Southeast Asia’s largest industrial and trade complex, the 196-sq.-km project includes a deep seaport and is expected be a potential boon.
Public urged to take big polluters to task
About 100 companies are responsible for 71% of greenhouse gas emissions, but campaigns only target human behaviours such as using cloth bags and non-plastic straws.
South Korea-Mekong foreign ministers’ meeting to begin
South Korea’s active courting of the Mekong countries is similar to the US and Japan, who have expressed concern of China’s growing assertiveness in the region.
Chinese infrastructure in Laos
The World’s Patrick Winn reports on Chinese infrastructure development in Laos, which has put the Southeast Asian country’s electric grid under Chinese control.
Salween diversion project enters troubled waters
Planned projects will divert water across Thailand, incorporating international river basins, including the Mekong and Salween, to address “water shortages” in Thailand.
Thailand under pressure to act against the Sanakham dam project
Campaigners hope a refusal to buy power from the Sanakham dam could stymie its progress and prevent more harm to the Mekong’s fragile ecology
A saga of half-lives and half-truths
In the midst of simmering public worries about a nuclear research reactor project in Thailand, former journalist Supara Janchitfah digs deep into the dispute.