Enlisted as a Ramsar site and a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve, Inle Lake is the second largest in Myanmar. It has long hosted a rich diversity of bird and fish species, that is now under threat.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
China, Cambodia join hands to develop model village for poverty alleviation
It will mainly focus on designing and improving village roads; providing family clean water; providing health care support; developing agricultural sector including husbandry and other training activities.
Mekong water turns greenish-blue in Nakhon Phanom
Water in the Mekong river in this northeastern border province has turned from yellowish-brown to greenish-blue — a strange phenomenon that makes the river look beautiful but could be a sign of ecological danger.
The Mekong is turning from brown to blue – and this is not good!
Slider imaging shows dramatic changes taking place on a section of the Mekong mainstream between 2017 and the present.
New Yangon City: A controversial blueprint
Myanmar pins hopes on Chinese investors building a brand new city to entice foreign investment and jobs, but must respond to concerns about transparency and sea-level rise.
Alarm over drastic drop in Thai dam levels
The low level of useable water in the Thailand’s four major dams have raised concerns over the likelihood of serious, widespread droughts during the dry season next year.
Sand mining in the Mekong Delta revisited
The manifold consequences of combined threats to the delta, which include bank erosion, recessing coastlines, increasing salinity intrusion, and a loss of mangrove forests, will likely only accelerate if current sand mining practices are maintained.
Mekong ‘cash machine’ needs an overhaul
So far Thailand country has refused to acknowledge its responsibility for causing massive ecological damage to the ecosystem and deal with serious consequences suffered by people downstream.