Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Looming drug crisis threatens regional security
New UN report makes clear that regional law-enforcement efforts have failed to curtail the unprecedented growth in the production of synthetic drugs like methamphetamine in the Mekong subregion.
Massive environmental destruction: MOMA and Trees in Cambodia
Polluting production are facilities set up in wildlife preserves where rare Mreah Prew Phnom trees are killed to produce the illicit drug. For each tree harvested six more are felled for firewood to power the extraction.
Trends in small-scale fishery in Myanmar: Tenure rights and gender
New investment and government policies are oriented toward opening up the country, but the voices and aspirations of those who are among those being most affected by these dynamics – men and women in the small-scale fishery sector – are mostly invisible.
Law amended to ease acquisition of Myanmar’s forest land
A new provision will allow the developer of certain infrastructure projects to acquire forest lands required for the construction of the project by paying a fee.
As Drought Looms Over Northern Thailand, Farmers Feel the Heat
The Royal Irrigation Department has reassured the media that there is enough water in storage to last until 2020 and there will be no drought this year.