Climate change is causing both excessive rainfall and prolonged drought, and the Irawaddy River, Myanmar’s lifeline, is increasingly bursting its banks. With disastrous consequences.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
PNPC Dam Collapse Survivors Reluctantly Accept Lowball Compensation Offers
Even if the survivors agree to take the paltry compensation package there still is not any indication of when they will receive the funds they desperately need.
Good news for the Mekong
The Director-general of Electricite du Cambodge does not want to see the proposed Mekong River mainstream hydropower projects of Sambor and Stung Treng as part of the energy mix going forward.
Vietnam Needs to Break Its Addiction to Chinese Coal
Renewable energy will allow it to feed its growing demand for power in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner, while also allowing for greater autonomy over its national infrastructure.
Police, Fisheries Dept launch special operation against illegal fishing
The special operation against illegal fishing off Ranong province is in line with the government’s policy to meet an ASEAN position on the issue.
National committee set to destroy timber vehicles
“Destroying the vehicles used in forestry crimes is not a good plan. It shows that government officers have opted for violence as a part of law enforcement.”
Mekong Ganga Cooperation meet discusses draft action plan
They also discussed the draft MGC Plan of Action (2019-22) to be adopted at the 10th MGC ministerial meeting in Bangkok on August 1, 2019.
Ninety tonnes of plastic a day dumped in Ayeyarwady
Thirty percent of the plastic waste is produced in Yangon. Villages on the Ayeyarwady dump a lot of plastic in the river.