Under the CMEC, which is nearly 1,700-km long, China plans to implement nearly 38 projects in Myanmar, but Myanmar has cleared only nine of these.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Experts seek better management of groundwater in Myanmar
They suggested including climate change planning and social justice concerns in groundwater management.
Facebook joins MRC to awareness about flood and drought
The first of its kind, the collaboration aims to raise awareness among the general public in the four MRC Member Countries MRC’s flood and drought information systems.
Mekong to release floodwaters into rice fields to fertilise soil, destroy pests
To increase rice production, the province has built dykes in flood-prone areas to enable farmers to grow autumn-winter rice during the flood season, but now the practice is being abandoned.
Cambodian rice farmers turn guardians of the forest
But now rice fields are becoming forest again and species thought lost are returning, under the protection of the same farmers, who have partnered with a social enterprise that pays a premium for their crops.
Thai Health Ministry to oppose resumption of the use of toxic farm chemicals
Up in arms against the use of two hazardous substances, paraquat and chlorpyrifos, the use of which, in the agricultural sector, has been prohibited in Thailand since June.
The Rise In Plastic Waste Crime
The overwhelming amount of plastic waste now being exported from more wealthy nations to countries in the Mekong relation and elsewhere has now opened doors to criminal networks.
Environmentalists concerned with rise of takeaway trash during lockdown
In Bangkok, waste from takeaway orders made up 62% of all the waste generated in the lockdown.
Few Answers on Missing Lao Citizens as World Marks Enforced Disappearance Victims
Rural education and development expert Sombath Somphone and others remain unaccounted for, years after disappearing, in most cases after last being seen in police hands.