One little girl draws a nightmarish picture of people calling for rescue as they drown in rising water.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Call for further, “renewable”, waste-to-energy power plants
Business operators have high expectations that the country’s energy policymakers will soon open licence granting for waste-to-energy power plants with a combined capacity of 300 megawatts.
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Helping only the poor may hurt all in the end, seminar hears
Several economists have cautioned Thailand against falling into the trap of delivering state help to low-income earners only.
The future of fish farming in Myanmar
Either continue to sustainably increase its aquaculture production or to shift its focus towards more intensive methods to allow it to cater to the ever-growing demand for seafood in China.
Western governments and philanthropists pump $20m into Southeast Asian clean energy
The funding platform aims to boost the early stage of renewable energy project developments particularly in Southeast Asia’s major coal-burning countries—Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Upstream dams a threat to tomatoes, farmers
Thailand’s finest tomato production areas along Mekong River in the northeastern region have suffered serious impacts from dams in the lower Mekong River Basin, causing financial distress to farmers.
As Bangkok sinks, could this anti-flood park be the answer?
Vast underground reservoirs beneath the city’s Centenary Park can store 1m gallons of water
Myanmar’s nascent land-use management policy struggles to gain traction
Myanmar land management encounters challenges such as lack of following rules and regulations and corruption.
‘Human rights the price paid’ for Kingdom’s SEZ growth
While [SEZs] can bring in economic development and trade, they are often intrinsically linked to human rights violations such as land grabs, poor labour conditions or environmental damage.
China-Japan Rivalry Intensifies in Asia’s New Growth Region
A major criticism of the BRI is the suspicions that China is building these trade routes for its own benefit and not to promote two-way trade with countries in the Mekong Region.