Over the past year, 129 marine animals from endangered species have been injured or killed by sea garbage in Thai waters.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Keeping alive the spirit of the mountains: Tai people’s lives in Hanoi
Not many people in the big cities in Vietnam are able to remember the different names of the ethnic communities in Vietnam.
VN offers handouts to some Vietnamese Cambodians in Tonle Sap Lake
The Vietnamese Cambodians are among more than 10,000 people living in floating houses on Tonle Sap Lake who must relocate according to the Cambodia Government.
Declare Bangkok a ‘pollution control zone’
Academics called on the government yesterday to declare the capital a pollution-control zone, so related agencies can enforce stricter legal measures to limit emissions and protect people’s health.
‘Empty Forest Syndrome’ Creeps into Northeastern Cambodia
The roar of the tiger has been replaced by the growl of the chain saw in Northeastern Cambodia’s Virachey National Park.
Left to fend for themselves
Victims of Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam collapse in Laos languish in shelters, staring at an uncertain future.
Changes give Thai forest protection centre more authority, ease in identifying encroachers
The national land policy committee made history by allowing for the first time, those with conflicting claims to continue living in the forests without having their claims examined and verified.
China’s diplomatic shield has a price for Myanmar
Beijing is now pressing Myanmar to revive the Myitsone Dam project, which has been suspended for seven years, in exchange for its diplomatic protection.
Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake: where fishermen have no fish and no hope
The body of water provides most the country’s protein production. But overfishing and climate change threaten life on the lake