“In summer we can’t use the hand-dug wells, so we have to rely on artesian wells. We know it’s important to wash our hands to prevent COVID-19, but we have no water to wash with.”
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
China Pushes BRI Projects As Myanmar Rolls Out COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan
The projects discussed included New Yangon City, Kyaukphyu Deep-Sea Port and Industrial Zone and the China-Myanmar Border Economic Cooperation Zone.
Special Report: Overcoming threats to the Mekong’s forests and people
Five countries strive to meet the challenge of forest governance. This special report covers progress, problems and promising solutions.
Vietnam’s access-to-electricity index reaches highest level so far
Vietnam’s access-to-electricity index in 2019 has improved, reaching the highest level so far with 82.2 points, according to the World Bank’s Doing Business report.
Massive forest clearing found in Koh Kong province
“It showed a large-scale, systematic and complete removal of mangrove forest at an industrial scale by heavy machinery.”
Indigenous People Protest Over Farmland in Keo Seima Sanctuary
More than 200 indigenous people in Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district protested on Tuesday for access to farmland inside a wildlife sanctuary, which the Environment Ministry banned them from last month.
Superbugs in livestock might kill more than the Covid-19, alerts NGO
The main zones are dangerously close to Thailand: the northeast of India, the northeast of China and the Red River delta in Vietnam.
Six million children back in school without sufficient water, soap
Providing better water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools not only reduces the spread of hygiene-related diseases like Covid-19, it reduces the risk of parasite infections generally, and school days missed.
Timber theft is down overall in Prey Lang but perpetrators persist
“We call on the relevant ministries to stop using the inter-ministerial fine mechanism and use a stricter law. Violators have been fined, but the logging continued, and the loggers are the same people.”