Prominent civil society leaders, environmentalists and film stars have announced a “One Dollar” campaign to collect money from the public to compensate China in exchange for scrapping the controversial Myitsone Dam
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
China says hydropower project guarantees the way home for fish – Xinhua
Cambodia’s Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Station has a 2,900m-long fishway that flows through the woods downstream of the dam.
Gender Equality and Strategic Development Goals in Cambodia
Open Development Cambodia has created two new content pages: “SDG 5 Gender equality” and “SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth”.
China reports its hydropower plant paves way for poverty alleviation in Laos
Report villagers living along the River of Nam Tha in Bokeo province in northern Laos have never expected that their life would been changed so much with the Chinese-built Nam Tha 1 Hydropower Plant.
Vietnam’s New Draft Development Guidelines on Rooftop Solar Power Systems from 1 July 2019
The Third Draft continues to recognize a “direct power sale and purchase” model for rooftop solar power systems with an installed capacity of less than 1MWp.
Action programme on sustainable development in Mekong Delta
Six groups of tasks and solutions, including the revision, improvement and supplementation of mechanisms and policies on land to serve large-scale, highly competitive and sustainable agricultural goods production.
The Toll of Tourism: Can Southeast Asia Save Its Prized Natural Areas?
The famous Koh Phi Phi Ley in Thailand is closed indefinitely–beach needs time for its ecology to fully recover years of tourist abuse.
Cash for work project benefiting flood-hit communities
The project consists of two main activities: paying cash to local people who work with the project and supporting the elderly in communities impacted by last year’s flash floods.