Women’s efforts to restore and sustain fisheries and communities near Thailand’s Laem Chabang deep sea port are in an uphill battle to survive
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
One trillion kip in state assets misappropriated in past year
Over 1 trillion kip was siphoned off last year in the implementation of development projects through the violation of laws and financial disciplines by government bodies and the private sector.
Greater Mekong Subregion countries to boost transportation connectivity
This will allow the effective launch of GMS road transport permits and temporary admission documents for commercial vehicles, starting on June 1.
Mekong River researchers hope to find ways to make dams less damaging
Backed by NASA, researchers from Michigan State University will spend three years analyzing sites in the lower Mekong River basin in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Dramatic Photos Show How Sand Mining Threatens a Way of Life in Southeast Asia
In towns and villages all along the Mekong River and many other rivers around the country, banks undermined by dredging are collapsing into the water, taking with them farm fields, fish ponds, shops, and homes.
World Bank says Cambodia vulnerable to rising sea levels
Cambodia is among 12 countries in East Asia and the Asia-Pacific that are vulnerable to rising sea levels which could lead to the loss of land and force millions of people to relocate.
Can the countries of the Mekong pioneer a new model of cooperation?
Over the last two years, the China led Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism has used everything from a “bulldozer approach” to engaging with local communities to deal with tensions over development projects
Corruption ‘Worse’ in Laos Last Year, Sources in Country Say
Fraud occurs in development projects in which dishonest officials embezzle state funds and assets, including money for schools and health services across the country
IFC plans for more investments in microfinance
Vanessa Vizcarra Bianchi, IFC’s lead of financial institutions advisory services for Mekong Region, said in an exclusive interview that the organisation would invest in three or four more MFIs by the end of this year.
Measures sought for sustainable development in Mekong River basin
Representatives from 17 cities and provinces of the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands gathered in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province, on March 14 to seek ways for sustainable development of the Mekong Basin