Climate change played a role in this year’s widely varying water levels, but dam construction was the main culprit in sharp water level increases and decreases.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
NGO reports massive forest clearing in Prey Lang area
The Cambodian Youth Network yesterday said hundreds of hectares of forest land in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary have been illegally cleared in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces.
Finn leads charge in Thailand to reduce, reuse, and recycle
“We want to challenge the current situation and create a society that maintains the value of materials. We need a better economic system from environmental and economic points of view.”
Taking a closer look at the MRC’s prior consultation process
Yesterday, participants discussed the Lao-proposed Luang Prabang hydropower project. An Pich Hatda, chief executive officer of the MRC speaks about the prior consultation process.