Large sections of the Pak Lay study “are simply copied directly from the (2015) Pak Beng [report]” – which an MRC review found was inaccurate.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Timber deal undermines Myanmar’s forestry reform: EIA
NGO warns that a timber trade deal in Kayah State represents “a significant step backwards” to forestry reform and urged the authorities to revoke the agreement.
In Vietnam and elsewhere, ‘disaster capitalism’ is at play
But now, so many people are getting rich by taking sand from the riverbed, draining underground water, excavating the earth for mining, and cutting down forests for timber, just taking as much as they can.
Chinese Initiatives Threaten Mekong River
China’s Belt and Road Iniative could deliver more damage to an already fragile ecosystem that helps support some 284 million people.
Vietnamese Fighting Back on Plastic Pollution
What makes Vietnam special, to the chagrin of environmentalists, is that it ranks among the top five countries in the world that send plastic trash into the ocean.
Cabinet gives nod to over 60 mega projects to facilitate EEC
Major investment projects in the lower North and upper Northeast approved to connect to the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor