Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Where are the women in aquaculture and fisheries?
But women are commonly not even counted in fisheries statistics. We don’t know how many there are, where they are and if their numbers are going up.
Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries
The glacier is vital to billions of people relient upon ten major rivers: Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges—are fed by seasonal melting.
Cooperation among China, Japan and Mekong countries in the interest of region
In engaging with Mekong countries, China should focus on efforts in different directions. First, China should properly understand and approach concerns of Mekong countries and make efforts to facilitate their rise as a whole.
Laos-China catalyse science, technology cooperation on one belt, one road
Science and technology representatives from Laos and Guangxi of China met in Vientiane to discuss the strengthening of cooperation networks aiming to develop the sector between both nations.
Lao Villagers Denied Payment for Land by Vietnamese Firm
Under a profit-sharing arrangement, villagers are being refused compensation by the foreign-owned firm, which says the land belongs to the state.
How the world’s largest snake hunt hurts Southeast Asia’s biggest lake
Each year millions of water snakes are pulled from Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, degrading this ecological wonder of the world.