Beijing has pledged billions of dollars to build new infrastructure in Cambodia as payback for impacts of Chinese mega-dams across the Mekong.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive
Burma’s exporting ecological destruction along with its genocide of the Rohingya.
Riverside nations adopt Mekong action plan
Leaders of the six countries sharing the Mekong River on Wednesday adopted a five-year plan of action on sub-regional cooperation.
Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam
Over the past decade the Mekong delta region has seen a net loss of one million people due to the new climate regime
Southeast Asia’s poor versus China dams on the Mekong
China has the upper hand over a resource that serves as the economic lifeblood of its poor southern backyard.
Mekong: riding dragon or hugging panda?
Do all six countries who share the Mekong River share the same spirit of camaraderie? For answers, look to today’s 2nd Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Summit.
Thai junta stakes legacy on industrial plan
Thailand’s military junta is staking its legacy on a plan to direct more than $45bn of investment into three eastern seaboard provinces.
Coal to retain dominance of energy mix in Asia
“…we notice banks are still interested in financing projects that meet efficiency standards,” notes UK-based consultancy Wood Mackenzie
Pushing GMS food up the value chain
Conditions are ripe GMS to embrace sustainable agriculture and become a source of environmentally friendly produce.
Thailand, Myanmar and Laos to jointly solve smoke haze
Thailand will cooperate with Myanmar and Laos in a campaign against forest fires as the three countries ready for the summer haze.