Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Landfill regulations found wanting
It is reported that between 85-90 per cent of landfills in Hà Nội have not met criteria for sanitation.
Recycled electronics are turning Thailand into a ‘dumping ground for hazardous waste’
Electronic waste from Western countries, including Australia, is flooding the shores of South-East Asian nations like Thailand, sparking fears of air and water pollution.
Thousands in Sihanoukville clean-up
Some 5,000 people participated in a clean-up campaign in Sihanoukville on Saturday, organised by the new provincial governor, as the amount of waste produced by the city has now reached up to 800 tonnes per day.
Hun Sen aims to ban imports of non-recyclable waste
Cambodia could soon become the next Asian country to reject the importation of rubbish from oerseas, despite suggestions from the private sector that Cambodia could burn waste to produce electricity.
As local residents question Belt and Road impacts, China and Myanmar remain silent
China is pushing two of its Belt and Road development projects in Myanmar without addressing local communities’ social and environmental concerns.
Phnom Penh poor uprooted as lakes filled in for malls, flats
Shortly after authorities approved filling in parts of the lake with sand and mud 10 years ago to build malls and apartments, they could not fish or farm anymore.
Huge Chinese influx divides Sihanoukville
Residents of Cambodian resort town question whether its character can be preserved
Cambodian Cabinet Ministers Approves Four More Solar Projects
The four new solar projects are expected to generate in total 140 megawatts to meet the energy shortage in the country