Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Skywalker Gibbon, Lance Bass Bat and Toad from Middle Earth are Three of 157 New Species Discovered in GMS
The new WWF report describes three mammal, 23 fish, 14 amphibian, 26 reptile and 91 plant species discovered in the GMS.
Thailand’s first green bond is taken up by the ADB
For renewable-energy development projects in Thailand that help to establish a low-carbon pathway for sustainable economic growth.
Bride trafficking: Mekong women pressed into marriage in China
Poverty drives gambling on marriage in China, but domestic realities there frequently unravel, leaving women at risk of abuse, detention or ‘resale’ into prostitution.
Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu Port: The Dragon Enters In A Big Way – Analysis
China’s efforts to bring warring parties together is not a benign effort to bring peace, but to further the BRI and China Myanmar Economic Corridor.
ADB backs Vietnam’s secondary tourist towns
Asian Development Bank approves a US$45 million loan for Vietnam to transform secondary towns into more economically inclusive, competitive tourism destinations.
VN looks to build action plan on marine plastic waste management
Canada partners on Vietnam’s first international consultation workshop on building a national action plan on marine plastic debris management
Pyu Lake residents seek to protect their natural treasure
Pyu Lake one of the few places in Myanmar where the cries of birds are ubiquitous, but the arrival of fish breeding ponds threatens their habitats.