The present study explores the consequences of extreme events in Thailand, Nepal and Sri Lanka. These three countries are subject to frequent natural disasters, especially floods and droughts.
Category: Thailand
Mekong river groups urge China to show transparency after dam report
“We cannot just sit around and wait for China to say when they are releasing the water from their dams; Mekong countries need to have a say on this too.”
Thailand Confronts its Triple Disaster in 2020
The confluence of COVID, droughts, and raging forest fires have combined to produce a perfect storm of challenges for the government.
Equalising Thailand’s water management requires grassroots inclusion
Despite this restructuring, it is unclear how these new water management institutions will be composed and in what ways local people will be involved, leaving doubt as to whether Thailand’s water management will improve.
Myanmar Public Overwhelmingly Backs Crackdown on Wildlife Markets to Prevent Pandemics: Survey
96 percent of respondents in Myanmar supported the closure of such markets, the highest level of any SE Again country surveyed.
LOCAL GOV’T LACKS MEANS TO TACKLE WILDFIRES RAGING IN NORTH, NGOS SAY
Local authorities are too underfunded and uncoordinated to deal with a massive outbreak of wildfires in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, which already claimed the lives of five firefighters.
Yuam River dam diverts more than just flow
Close-knit Karen communities are now under threat, as Thailand’s US$2.2 billion plan to divert some 1.8 billion cubic metres of water annually from the Chao Phraya River to the Bhumibol Dam gets underway.
NGO voices concern about Myanmar, regional migrants affected by COVID-19 scare
Migrants in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) are among the most vulnerable to the present upheaval, given their limited access to healthcare, lack of job security and precarious immigration status.
Narcotics Chief Reports Heroin Production Rising in Golden Triangle
Seizures of heroin from the Golden Triangle areas along Chiang Rai’s Myanmar-Laos border, have been rising every year. Mr Niyom said drug producers use China, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand as a base to transport shipments.