Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Farming Community Becomes Chemical Free in Northern Thailand
Once a major maize plantation in northern Thailand that used farm chemicals to raise yields has become chemical free. Community farmers in, Ban Mai Village in Nan province have surprised many and become a role model for non-organic farming.
Land dispute shines spotlight on Vietnam’s ‘cyber-armies’ silencing online dissent
The Vietnamese government’s heavy-handed efforts to censor discussion of land disputes are the latest example of its campaign to assert control over online content.
Widespread sugarcane burning continues uninterrupted by local authorities
The flouting of an order banning the practice, in effect since last year, has prompted civic groups and media organizations protest the illegal practice which, they claim, is threatening people’s health.
Lao dam impact on dolphin migration highlighted
Officials and communities are concerned about the impact of Laos’ Don Sahong hydropower dam on the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population in the downstream Mekong River.
Are dams killing the Mekong river?
Man-made construction activity in the form of dams is slowly choking the river and some 80 new dams are planned choking the flow of water with its life-giving nutrients.
Mekong communities struggle as China tests dam equipment
Water levels on the Mekong River, which flows through China and five other countries, have dipped sharply after China began testing equipment in one of the river’s upper dams.
China’s Mekong River dams are costing locals their livelihoods
Mekong River dams are generating big problem for locals as fluctuating water levels are destroying migratory fish patterns in places where fish are the main source of income and protein