Lowest flow in 50 years. People believe this is a result of dams in China releasing little or no water downstream, as well as this year’s low volume of rain.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
New Thai service helping people profit from recycling
As Thailand pushes to cut its waste, a new startup is incentivizing residents and businesses to recycle. But they can’t actually guarantee the waste will be recycled.
Can officials be trusted to make responsible statements during a crisis?
Time and again Vietnam officials and others make irresponsible statements and mislead the public about water quality, causing serious consequences to public health and livelihood, but they are not held accountable.
Laos Urged to Cancel Latest Dam for Mainstream Mekong
“For the past four prior (Mekong dam) consultation processes that we have experienced, we’ve seen big loopholes and the exclusion of affected communities in the process.”
Ministry to speed up establishment of community-owned forest plantations
In implementing the six-point forestry policy, the forestry department is to implement the system under which more forests are grown and more conservation is carried out.