Those in power must give stronger voices to marginalised communities and protection to natural flood defenses.
Category: Viet Nam
Mekong River faces a damming issue
Community-based tourism is starting to become popular and the Mekong River plays an important role, but dam building could prove harmful to the sector.
Water from the air saves drought-plagued regions in Vietnam
Water extracting machines powered by the sun are hoped to be applied in remote disadvantaged regions around Vietnam.
Rights issues from transborder investments in focus at forum
From Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos, to Indonesia, the impacts from transborder investments were discussed at the forum organised by Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission and Forest People Programme. It ends tomorrow.
Waste energy – an opportinity wasted
Vietnam’s 27 million pigs generate annual emissions equivalent to around 4.3 million tons of CO2. What many do not know, is that these pernicious emissions could be used to generate electricity.
Environmental Defenders Under Pressure Across Southeast Asia
A forum addressed the “global crisis” of killings and abuses linked to land. Several attendees were former members of Mother Nature Cambodia, an activist group heavily targeted by authorities.