Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Cambodia’s indicted monkey trade taints global wildlife market
Market for endangered monkey specimens is left in equal doubt as alleged corruption in Cambodian farm threatens a billion-dollar global supply chain.
A Thirst for Sand
The rising demand for sand to resume post-pandemic growth drives unregulated and illegal sand mining in the Mekong River, where people living along its banks have lost their houses and fortunes to severe erosion.