Mainstream Mekong dams have been proven time after time to devastate the river’s fisheries and agricultural processes along its floodplain.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Clean energy development presents challenges
A new report notes that transparency, risk, pricing and the role of the private sector are challenges for formulating an enabling business environment for cleaner power.
Chinese to conduct feasibility study on Mandalay-Kyaukphyu railway
The US$8.9 billion project is not expected to interfere with residents who live along the 431-km route says permanent secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Vietnam says it “effectively curbs impacts” of drought, saline intrusion in Delta
Saline intrusion has already lasted five months this year, three months longer than in 2016, the worst year on record. The whole Mekong Delta region has been inundated.
Villagers protest against planned garbage-fuelled power plant
They said that if the plant was built, there would be a dump for garbage brought from 19 nearby districts, just one kilometre from their community and its fresh water source.
New monkey species found hiding in plain sight
Found throughout Myanma and Thailand, two of the new species are now found to be among the most endangered primates in the world, in urgent need of protection.
Underwater sculptures helping restore coral reefs in Thailand
Coral can be grown up to 50 times faster this way, she says, using a technique called microfragmentation.