Priorities include: transparent cooperation on results shared with Mekong countries, improvement of MRC data and information systems and cost and benefit sharing integrated into project planning and implementation.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Scorched Earth Development in Northern Laos
Entire mountains were raked away, and rectilinear geometries were imposed upon this land of jungled hills. The new railway was gashed through the landscape, covering villages with dust.
In Pictures: National Geographic looks at Life along the Mekong in Thailand
Ostensibly the border between Thailand and Laos, the Mekong River serves more as a thread connecting the two cultures, making it a complex and fascinating prospect for visitors, far from the busy streets of Bangkok.
Circus performance calls on people to protect environment
The show features characters from popular Vietnamese fairy tales like Hang Nga and Cuoi about people who live on the moon and are suffering from air pollution caused by those who live on earth.
HCM City to reduce plastic waste
The project aims to have at least 70 per cent of plastic waste of the 582 tonnes per day of domestic waste collected by 4,000 private garbage collectors for recycling.
Joint efforts for the sustainable development of the Mekong River
The Forum focused on the achievements and lessons learnt in working together on cross-border issues, impacts and opportunities drawn from the MRC Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (M-IWRM) Project.
Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species, says new study
The research (including Laos and VN) confirmed that more carbon generally means more biodiversity and the other way around.