Left off the table in the visit was the Myitsone hydropower dam, a $3.6bn Chinese mega-project in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state that was frozen in 2011 after widespread opposition.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Police clash with villagers over land encroachment
Preah Sihanouk provincial officials yesterday clashed with a group of villagers armed with sticks and machetes as the officials were trying to dismantle illegally built homes in the Ream National Park.
Letter to Mekong Delta National Assembly Deputies concerning PetroVietnam’s involvement in Luang Prabang Dam in Laos
Letter to 92 Deputies representing the 13 Mekong Delta provinces in the National Assembly: urgent public consultation needed on PetroVietnam’s involvement in the Luang Prabang Dam in Laos due to potential impacts on the delta’s 20 million inhabitants.
By 2100, Thailand’s population will have dropped by over 32% to 46 million with an increasingly aged society.
Thailand faces a host of interrelated challenges facing amidst dramatically changing demographics.
UK funds $2.6 million to help save Vietnam deltas
Objectives include more equitable livelihoods, sustainable landscape management, stronger local and regional monitoring toward sustainable development, and better local and national policies for delta sustainability.
Laos to export 20,000 MW of electricity by 2030
During this period, the Thai government expects to import about 9,000MW, Cambodia about 6,000MW, Vietnam about 5,000MW, Myanmar about 300MW and Malaysia about 300MW.
Air pollution costs Vietnam at least 10.8 billion USD each year
Coal-fired power plants, cement and steel production facilities, construction activities and the burning of stubble, are also responsible for a large proportion of urban air pollution, he added.