Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Ground subsidence and sea level rise threaten Mekong Delta and millions of people
The study, conducted by a team from Utrecht University, estimates that at its current rate of subsidence the delta could be under 0.8 metre of sea within 57 years, forcing more than 12 million people to relocate.
As Air Pollution Worsens In Vietnam, Electric Vehicles Begin To Gain A Foothold
Electric scooters hit the streets in HCMC, but just 30,000 in the first year from a factory whose capacity is one million units annually.
Human Rights Watch Condemns Lao Government for Continued Detention of Elderly Landowner Over Property Dispute
“Wherever land grabbing takes place in Laos, villagers owning land who resist face being jailed, showing yet again how the Lao government abuses the human rights of villagers on lands the government requires.”
Burma’s Indigenous Karen communities move to protect rivers and forests
“In the past, it was cooler because we had many big trees,” said Kyaw Blar, a villager from Ta Deh Koh village. “It’s all plain area now… it is hotter now.”
Chinese Mega-Project in Myanmar’s Kayin State Sparks Resentment And Worry
“It’s because this (US$ 15 billion) city is being built against the wishes of the local people — the Karen people. There are other indigenous people as well in this region.”
UN Urges Southeast Asian Countries to Get Tough on Plastic Pollution
Southeast Asia—home to more than 655 million people across 11 countries—needs to introduce region-wide policies to regulate plastic packaging says new UN report.
Thailand joins EU in bid to tackle marine litter
The project will be implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Expertise France (EF), with a budget of 10 million euros.