Once believed to number in the thousands, the dolphins of the Mekong River were devastated by war, hunting, and indiscriminate net fishing.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Southern region plans to grow other crops on low-yield rice fields
The Mekong Delta and the south-eastern region plan to grow other crops on more than 126,300ha of low-yield rice fields this year as a means of adapting to climate change and improving farmers’ incomes.
Myitsone—Decision Time for the ‘People’s Leader’
Myitsone Dam—just another damned problem for Myanmar. Or is it? This issue in particular seems to have both constructive and destructive potential; politically, it could save or slay a leader of this country.
Laos urged to address dam project impacts
Calls on Lao PDR to make every necessary effort to address and mitigate potential adverse cross-border impacts of the project.
Myanmar villagers protest Chinese plans for land along pipeline route
Farmers barred for five years from planting crops along the route of a Chinese oil and gas line are protesting new requests by an affiliate of the pipeline company to take control of the adjoining land.
Asian Media Has Misled the Public on Air Pollution
The new report Hazy Perceptions analyzed more than half a million social media posts from across the region and “…finds that public perceptions about air pollution do not match the evidence.”
Compostable Mekong Delta Grass Straws a Zero-Waste Straw Option
A Vietnam-based company makes two kinds of straws out of sedge grass, which grows wild along the Mekong Delta, as the grass has a hollow stem so it is naturally straw shaped.