“My desire is similar to the statement issued by three Kachin parties. I have a sense of oneness with the people. We want the total shutdown of dam project.”
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
PM calls on soldiers to end role in Cambodian logging
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday called on soldiers to stop colluding with illegal timber traders and work with law enforcement officers to protect natural resources.
Violent clashes break out in Preah Sihanouk, one man shot
According to villagers in the area, some people had been living there for many years, with some spending $4-$5,000 for their plots.
Six protesters held after police clash
“If they have the land title, they should meet the people to solve the problem but the police came in force with machines to measure the land and fired on people instead.”
Disturbing: Cambodia police shoot land protester in Sihanoukville (video)
There are sounds of guns being fired, as the videographer runs across what appears to be freshly graded land forming part of a new real estate development. In the distance people can be seen running.
Activists rally govt over water projects
The projects are the construction of dams at Khlong Sang and Wang Heeb, a water diversion canal at Muang Nakhon, and a water gate at Pak Pra.
EEC gets 400,000 rai for development
s much as 400,000 rai will be designated for industrial areas within the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Community-based forest management the way forward
Forestry experts are optimistic about the future in Vietnam, largely thanks to community-based forest management.
Myanmar seizes 63 tons of illegal timber in forest reserve
llegal logging often occurs in the area although the authorities have outlawed all logging operation in Bago Yoma mountain range for a 10-year period starting from 2016.
Making Vietnam’s textile industry sustainable
Vietnam ranks as the fifth largest exporter of apparel goods in the world but our industry is more famous for low-cost production with limited environmental standards. If it does not change its practice now.