The MHDA was founded in 2016 as the Hydropower Developers’ Working Group. Initially led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, with support from the Australian government.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Cambodian sanctuary ravaged by logging
Corruption is fueling widespread destruction of protected forests; Beng Per Sanctuary north of Phnom Penh has lost 60% of its forest
Photo Story: Myanmar’s Chindwin River Basin
Fifty percent of the basin is covered by 14 of the country’s Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). Only a quarter of this area, however, is classified as protected.
Giving a dam about the Mekong
The EIA done on behalf of dam developers downplayed environmental damage and overlooked transboundary effects of river damming.
Environment Ministry campaign tackles plastic
On a voluntary basis, the ministry urges vendors to stop providing free plastic bags to customers in order to support people who produce non-plastic bags and thereby boosting their living standards.