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Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Breaking of Myanmar indicates danger levels in safety of irrigation facilities: MP
The disastrous events happened just one day after officials checked the strength of the dam and announced that there was no need to worry.
Mekong Delta region makes up 18 percent of Vietnam’s GDP
A report shows that demand accounts for nearly 32 percent of the total planned investment of the country in 2019.
Illegal trafficking of baby elephants to China and Dubai for tourism must be stopped
Secretive agents in Laos are sending dozens of animals each year across the country’s land border with China and fly others to the Middle East.
Laos’ hydropower ambitions threaten Mekong fishing villages
Developing hydropower is threatening the numerous fishing villages that line the Mekong River, which are seeing fish stocks dwindle as new dams spring up.
UN climate talks ‘flawed’, could sabotage efforts
Activists say inequality is built into negotiation system, smaller countries being drowned out
Save the Mekong Coalition Boycotts Consultation Process of the Pak Lay Dam
Groups within the Mekong region issued a statement announcing their intention to boycott the Mekong River Commission’s (MRC’s) Prior Consultation for the proposed Pak Lay dam.
Myanmar-Thailand highway branded ‘ecological and social disaster’
Community and conservation groups in Myanmar say the planned highway linking a port project to Thailand will uproot indigenous people from their homes and farms.
Cambodia’s plastic problem
Phnom Penh is facing a massive pollution problem because of the widespread use of plastic packaging and poor waste management services.
Bangkok is sinking. How will Thailand’s capital cope when flooding disaster strikes again?
With the weight of skyscrapers contributing to the city’s gradual descent into water, Bangkok has become a victim of its own frenetic development.