New study clearly illustrates that excessive sand mining is responsible for increased rates of bank erosion that local communities have been reporting in recent years.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Air pollution could rip 5 pct off Vietnam GDP
Hazardous air quality may cause damages worth 5 percent to Vietnam’s GDP as foreign investors lower funding, heard the Vietnam Business Forum.
Vietnam aims to ensure water security by 2030
By 2050, 60 per cent of farming areas in Vietam will be equipped with water-saving irrigation systems, according to the country’s Water Management Strategy.
The end for Lao’s elephants?
As of last year the elephant population has dwindled to about 800 where 400 are wild elephants and 400 are in captivity, and even these shrinking populations are under constant threat.
The 97km that frustrate China’s mastery of the Mekong
These rocks and rapids in Thai waters along the Mekong stand between Beijing and dominance over the Lower stretch of the river.
‘The colour is blue’: Strange changes as dams and climate change make their mark
Now man holds reign. And there is something wrong with the Mekong. The ‘Mother of Water’ as this great river is known throughout the regions it passes, is sick.
Climate migrations in Myanmar
“We live in a part of the world that will be hit incredibly hard by climate change. The disruptions to agriculture and food security will be enormous. People will simply not be able to live as they are, where they are.”