The slow-down in fisheries’ depletions caused by Covid-19 will help but in the long run we have to change fishing practices to make an enduring difference.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Much lower water levels recorded so far in 2020
Droughts in Cambodia, which have reduced the level of water in lakes and tributaries, have in turn lowered levels in the Mekong River, leaving the Mekong basin dry.
Ministry to probe suspected illegal mining in Mon forest
The waste water produced by gold mining damages the environment in neighbouring villages, farmland and rubber plantations.
Report shows 100,000 hectares of forest lost in Prey Lang
The Prey Lang Protected Area has lost more than 100,000 hectares of forest between 2000 and 2019, more than half of which became plantations.
Prey Veng Rice Farmers Switch to Fish Despite Uncertainty Over Export Potential
The district, home of the Freshwater Aquaculture Research and Development Center, has seen a recent crop of freshly-dug ponds, peppered among rice fields.
Fielding some tough questions from the Mekong Delta’s field crab
There has been no oversight on the use of farm chemical, and it is not just the field crab, but many other species have disappeared in the delta.
Chinese dams and the Mekong drought
The environmental impact of China’s dam building upstream is undeniable. The silence from some quarters is surprising.