Plan to develop irrigation systems along border areas shared with Vietnam and Thailand in a bid to strengthen water management and mitigate effects of drought and floods.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Experts speak out on water and climate change
Participants in a round table dialogue urge Myanmar to speed up preparations for the impacts of climate change on access to clean water.
Turning off the tap, while tapping into inclusive institutions
In Myanmar, limited groundwater resources must be used wisely to safeguard the livelihoods of thousands during the climate crisis.
Japan offers $310M in grants, loans to boost development
About $42.7 million will be delivered as aid, while the rest will be packaged into soft loans which Cambodia has to repay, but on very favourable terms
Thailand’s Big Water Challenge
Water shortages remain a huge problem for the Southeast Asian country.
Lao Police Arrest Two for Video of Land Dispute Protest
Authorities in Laos’ Vientiane province have arrested two people for sharing on social media a video that documented an argument with police over a land dispute in their village.
Myanmar releases endangered turtles into Chindwin River
The conservationist assumed that the Burmese roofed turtle would become extinct, but efforts by conservationists and experts to conserve them since 2002 have met with some success.
Cambodia’s rice bowl remains half full
Every year, the drought is said to be longer than the previous year although rainfall is projected to rise in wet seasons. Most times the outcome is different.
Cambodian Environmental Activists Harassed
Cambodian authorities should end the politically motivated investigations of four environmental activists looking into illegal logging in Kratie province.