Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Don’t poke the nest
Activists from the Sa-iab Village in northern Thailand have successfully campaigned against the construction of a dam for three decades. With hydropower dams springing up across Asia, what can local communities learn from their struggle?
Locals’ Fear of Losing Livelihoods Forces Cancellation of Meeting on Oil and Gas Supply Base Project
Mon people in Ye Township continue to oppose the offshore base proposed to supply fuel for companies extracting oil and gas from undersea deposits.
Myanmar groups reject power plant’s EIA report, demand suspension
With serious air and water contamination already in the area, the EIA report by local consultants, appointed by the Chinese plant operator, failed to deliver a comprehensive assessment and suffers from procedural problems.
Illegal logging persists in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary: Report
Cambodia’s Prey Lang forest was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2016, but illegal land clearing within the protected area continues, a new report has found.
Southeast Asia and the right to safe water
More than 100 million people live without access to safe water in Southeast Asia. What can be done to improve that and to protect clean water sources?