The bigger story from the Belt and Road Forum appears to have been what Myanmar didn’t sign, rather than what it did.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Call for tourist limit on Koh Lan to solve garbage issue
An independent environmental health expert has called for the number of visitors to Koh Lan in Chon Buri to be less than 5,000 per day to tackle the overwhelming garbage problem.
First Two Phases of Key River Study Done
The exercise intends to learn about the trend of Upper Mekong, Lower Mekong and Bassac Rivers toward better hydrological conservation and management of the country’s reservoirs.
Royal Turtle Remains Critically Endangered Despites Increased Population
The reptile was believed to be extinct in Cambodia until 2000 when a group of experts from the United States rediscovered them in the system of Sre Ambel river, in the western part of Koh Kong province.
Saving our free-flowing rivers
We are at a critical point for deciding the fate of the Ayeyarwady and Salween, and of all rivers worldwide. We need to fully understand and protect their value before it is too late.
“Garbage Youth” for a Clean and Green Cambodia
“We put our wellbeing at risk, but we are willing to do that because we want to make the canal, and later the city, clean,” says the 29-year-old. “We are doing this every day in the evening, usually from 4 until 7:30.”