Climate funds are available, but people in the region face roadblocks in accessing it due to intergovernmental mechanisms and limited freedom
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
COP28: Thailand opts for grants to finance a green transition
Wary of debt, Bangkok opts to avoid loans from climate funds and says its green transition may take up to 40 years
Mekong countries push for financial help at COP28
A loss and damage fund has been agreed on at COP, but will all the lower Mekong countries qualify to receive the funds?
Low carbon rice fails to take root with Vietnamese farmers
A World Bank-backed low carbon rice project has been criticized by farmers for high costs and poor returns. Can its proposed second phase salvage things?
Tiger conservation efforts paying off in Thailand
The country’s conservation is a success with sightings of new tigers, but poaching and human-animal conflict could derail this
การสูญเสียพื้นที่ป่าและการล่าสัตว์ ยังเป็นภัยคุกคามต่อการอนุรักษ์เสือโคร่งไทย
การทำงานอนุรักษ์เสือโคร่งของไทยอย่างต่อเนื่อง ส่งผลให้ประชากรเสือโคร่งเพิ่มขึ้น แต่ปัญหาการล่าสัตว์และพื้นที่ป่าที่ลดลงยังคงเป็นอุปสรรคต่อการทำงานอนุรักษ์ ทั้งยังเพิ่มการเผชิญหน้าระหว่างเสือและมนุษย์
Smoke, mirrors, wood pellets: Vietnam clears native forest to supply ‘clean’ energy to Asia
Expansive deforestation in Central Vietnam is being driven by the global demand for wood pellets–a supposedly green alternative to fossil fuels
A thorny dilemma: Acacia plantations in Vietnam may not be all that green
The country’s embrace of acacia plantations has lifted some smallholder households out of poverty. But it comes at a cost to the environment and even lives lost
Rural Cambodia drives clean energy transition
Farmers switch to solar and take advantage of abundant sunshine, but clearer policies are needed to expand use of renewables
Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta is running out of sand. What’s next?
Groundbreaking report predicts Vietnam’s Mekong Delta will lose all its sand by 2035 unless solutions are found – quickly