master planning would factor in the city’s resources and urban structure to ensure infrastructure development, adapt to climate change and prevent flooding.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Bridging the gaping wealth chasm
Although handouts empower the poor to better tailor solutions for their own problems, it does not tackle the root problems of structural inequality and poverty
Not all aid was created equal
China’s economic assistance is often perceived as shrouded with ulterior motives.
China vows to strengthen ties with Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Laos to attend the Fourth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
The last 92 Irrawaddy dolphins in Mekong River may not survive
Experts are concerned that the Mekong dolphin is unlikely to survive Cambodia’s modernisation as a new dam is planned.
Four-step plan issued to rid Thailand of garbage
The guidelines are aimed to achieve the country’s goal of eliminating 7.7 million tonnes of garbage within next year.