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.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Chinese dams and the Mekong drought
The environmental impact of China’s dam building upstream is undeniable. The silence from some quarters is surprising.
Clock ticking to save endangered clouded leopard in Cambodia
The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Ministry of Environment are requesting help to save the endangered clouded leopard and its habitat from extinction.
Regional project’s new financing benefits Lao agroecology, safe food system
€12 million in funding for a regional project to support the transition of food and agricultural production towards more sustainable systems in Southeast Asia.
Analysis: Vietnam’s drive toward electricity reform
Vietnam has instituted a top-down reform of its electricity sector in response to the need to shift away from coal and its growing list of associated problems.
Conservation activists urge post-pandemic tourism reset in Thailand
Since tourism dried up, reports of encounters with wild or rare animals have been frequent: elephants from the jungle and sharks, otters and dugong in the sea.
Conservationists say Ayeyarwady dolphin in danger of extinction
Ayeyarwady dolphins may go extinct if the authorities are unable to stop illegal electrofishing in the Ayeyarwady River.
Severe drought takes toll on 40,000ha rice crops across country
Drought persists in key provinces while water sources across the country continued to dry up, further threatening its survival.
Mekong countries urged to address low water flows: Mekong River Commission
“It is time to walk the talk and to act in the common interest of the entire Mekong River Basin and the affected communities.”