“We talked about the Belt and Road and development projects. But we didn’t say we would not oppose the Myitsone project,” KSDT chairman said. “The Kachin people won’t change their minds.”
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
From Tibet to the ‘Nine Dragons’, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is losing sand
A key cause is the years of upstream damming in Cambodia, Laos and China that has removed crucial sediment, local officials and experts said.
Smog serious threat to public health: experts
Authorities must take the air pollution problem in Bangkok seriously and strictly enforce mitigation measures to protect people’s health, academics said, while warning of serious financial costs to match.
New book: Asian indigenous peoples’ IPR on biodiversity endangered
Not only are they confronted with land dispossession, they’re faced with knowledge appropriation developed through the ages.
Ministry institutes new permanent secretariat to prevent forest crimes
The core task of this unit mainly focuses on rosewood because the species is rare in the country: official.
Chinese railway project in Laos leaves farmers in the lurch
The railway project, expected to be completed in 2021, has displaced more than 4,400 families from their land.
Sihanoukville families push for dispute solution
Villagers claimed they were evicted from their land to pave way for a property development project owned by a well-connected family without any compensation.
Stung by evidence of internal graft, Forest Department launches purge
An arrest warrant was issued for her last August over serious “wood-poaching” offences.
40 mining blocks wait for recommendation from respective regions, states to operate
“We also seek opinions from the local people,” says permanent secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation.
Turning Temple Town green through ‘upcycling’
A social enterprise in Siem Reap came up with innovative solutions to the accumulating wastes at the tourism hot spot of Siem Reap. It “upcycles” refuse into biofuel, soap and durable goods.