The draft also shortens the list of projects that need to conduct environmental impact assessments.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
China-Thai railway agreement to be signed in October
There is a total of 14 contracts involved in the 253-km rail route from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima in the Northeast as a part of the Sino-Thai high-speed train project, linking Bangkok to Laos.
Myanmar to receive US$200 million agriculture loan from World Bank
To help develop better agricultural produce, boost competitiveness, livestock care, financial aid for farmers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, rural nutrition drives, and job creation.
Vietnamese firm ‘destroys’ indigenous land in Cambodia
The rubber company, Hoang Anh Gia Lai, carried out sweeping land clearances in March on land that had been earmarked for return to the communities through a government-led demarcation process.
Motorbike emissions levels added to revised Law on Road Traffic
Vietnam has more than 50 million motorbikes in circulation, accounting for 95 percent of motor vehicles and emitting 80-90 percent carbon monoxide, and emissions testing only applies to new vehicles.
From city boy to protector of Cambodia’s largest dry forest
Rangers like Mr. Sin Satha from the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia put themselves at great risks to help save the ecosystems that Cambodia’s threatened wildlife calls home.
Thailand to set up river basin committees
Laws on water management — including those which form the basis for the establishment of 22 river basin committees across the country — will take effect in June,