From northeastern Thailand, a couple of shadowy men have been running the world’s most elaborate poaching ring—earning an enormous fortune by destroying some of the planet’s most exotic creatures.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Results of marine fish survey set to be released
Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand were involved in the latest round of Norwegian studies, which involved surveys of fish stocks, measurements of microplastic particles in the water, and microplastic contamination in fish.
‘Panama disease’ outbreak reported
One of the first recorded outbreaks of Panama disease in the 1950s nearly wiped out the Gros Michel variety of banana altogether.
Over 220 trillion VND invested in Mekong Delta’s infrastructure
The projects totaling US$9.43 billion are mainly in building infrastructure for transport connection, industrial parks and residential areas; along with in other areas like agriculture, industry, river protection and waste treatment.
Borikhamxay to serve as key regional land bridge
Borikhamxay province in central Laos will serve as another key trade hub and land bridge once construction of the 5th Lao-Thai friendship bridge is completed and it becomes operational in coming years.
As Cambodia swelters, climate-change suspicion falls on deforestation
The Cambodian government has denied this connection, but emerging science provides compelling links between the two issues.
All but one Mekong Delta province infected with African swine fever
59 out of 63 provinces and localities of Vietnam have so far been infected with the disease. The country has culled at least 2.45 million pigs since the disease was first discovered in the northern region in early February.