Thai riverside communities and environmentalists spent the weekend having a hot debate with the Chinese Embassy in Beijing about its use snd abuse of the Mekong River.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Water plant built in Delta to serve over 100,000 people
Water plant built in Ben Tre to serve over 100,000 people
Gov’t to reduce reliance on hydro
Cambodia will expand its solar energy investment by 12 per cent by the end of next year and increase it up to 20 per cent over the next three years.
Thailand tor revives old plan to irrigate Isan
Under the megaproject, a series of dams, irrigation canals, and pumping stations will be set up along the Mekong to “feed” local rivers.
The Mekong in US Asia Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges
The subregion is arguably where freedom and openness are under the greatest challenge.
National park where activist disappeared left off UNESCO list
Unresolved questions about rights violations and border demarcation prevented the UN from recognizing Thai national park as a world heritage site.
Plastic not so fantastic
Thai Retailers Association wants the new government to issue laws to compel retailers to cease giving plastic bags to customers as in other countries.
Dangerous weedkiller still used despite ban
Allowing a company in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to export and continue using 208 tonnes of packed herbicide products containing Paraquat in Việt Nam.
Lao government contests findings of UN poverty report
Lao’s economic model has failed to create enough jobs and primarily benefited the upper class and elites while adding to the government’s ever-larger debt.