Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Deforestation Brings Hardship For Cambodia’s Wild Honeybee Hunters
In the 1990s when the local forest was untouched by logging, hunters din not travel far to collect honeycombs, but now it’s 80-100 kilometers to find new beehives.
Thailand Receives Grant to Protect the Ozone Layer and Climate
US$5 million grant agreement with the World Bank toward reducing the import and use of ozone-depleting chemicals by 2023 by more than 60 percent.
More developments under Belt and Road Initiative
The first of the four new projects is an 80 metre-high, 60-floor building scheduled to be completed in December 2020.
Popular Kachin Party Calls for Abolition of China-Backed Dam in Election Policy Platform
In the ninth point in its manifesto, the party said it would “continue to make efforts to halt the Myitsone Dam forever.”
Thailand looks to cut Malacca Strait shipping time by land link
Thailand says the 100km ‘land bridge’ between two seaports would replace previous plans for a canal, and would cut shipping time by over two days
Development directions for southeastern region, Mekong Delta outlined
Ministry of Planning tackles socio-economic development and public investment in the southeastern and Mekong Delta regions.