By enacting measures to preserve natural and heritage sites, Thailand is stepping up efforts to protect its visitor attractions and promote sustainable tourism,
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Water shortage a looming crisis for Viet Nam
Construction of hydropower plants along rivers was blocking the flow, causing water shortages for people living downstream.
Men nabbed for dolphin zone fishing
Two men have been placed in pre-trial detention for “fishing using electric shock devices” in a Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin conservation zone in Kratie province.
Thailand Has a Developing Economy and a Big First World Problem
But it’s Thailand that is breaking new, treacherous ground by becoming the first big country to get old before it’s had a chance to become prosperous.
Vietnam should forget about high speed railway until 2030
What we need now is expressways, which, with strong determination and swift actions, we can basically complete in around 10 or 15 years.
Laos Hit by Worst Drought in Decades
The lack of rain has delayed rice production in the country’s 800,000 hectares of wet-season rice fields, with transplantation only 40 percent completed.
Thailand’s plastic-filled seas claim another endangered turtle
An autopsy determined that the turtle died from eating garbage, including plastic bags, which turtles confuse for jellyfish.
Dawei SEZ stands better chance with Japanese participation, officials say
The governments of Myanmar, Japan and Thailand will be meeting over the troubled Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) project that has stalled since 2013 for lack of funding.
Xayaburi Dam partly to blame for Mekong Basin crisis: activists
Activists say some of the blame for the severe water shortage in the Mekong River Basin lies with the Xayaburi hydropower dam in Laos.