As established norms and power structures conspire to keep them out, women are stepping up in historic ways and numbers, holding the powerful to account.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Conflicts preventing biodiversity surveys
The government is having a difficult time conducting biodiversity surveys in conflict-torn areas of the country because of a lack of access and security concerns among Forestry Department personnel
Why Vietnam ranks best in world for living greener and better
Despite its achievements, the best-performing nation on the list still fails to meet the sustainability demands of an increasingly dire ecological outlook
Cambodia calls EU trade threat ‘extreme injustice’
The EU announced Cambodia could lose its special access to European markets over undemocratic practices.
UN climate change report launched in Vietnam
In the worst scenario, the sea level could rise up to one metre and permanently flood 40 per cent of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta by 2100.
PM wants more Japanese investment in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaking at the Mekong- Japan Business Forum in Tokyo on October 9, invited Japanese firms to visit Cambodia and convince themselves that it a worthy country for their investments.
Mining in the Mekong: Myanmar to outperform, Thailand to underperform
The Mekong region boasts rich mineral deposits, yet foreign investment flows are expected to remain low due to political uncertainty, resource nationalisation sentiment and poor infrastructure.
Encountering Cambodia’s biggest irrigation project, but where’s the irrigation?
Cambodia’s largest and most costly irrigation scheme has failed to irrigate a single hectare, but plans are afoot to double down with an even more expensive project.