People leaving Cambodia’s floating villages for dry land as water pollution hits fish stocks, incomes and health
Category: Special Reports
Traditional Medicine Under Threat for Lao Hmong
Hmong’s traditional medicine and beliefs that preserve nature have been passed down for generations but are now in danger of dying out.
Low carbon rice fails to take root with Vietnamese farmers
A World Bank-backed low carbon rice project has been criticized by farmers for high costs and poor returns. Can its proposed second phase salvage things?
Rural Cambodia drives clean energy transition
Farmers switch to solar and take advantage of abundant sunshine, but clearer policies are needed to expand use of renewables
Laos looks to renewables as inflation hits energy prices
The country dubbed the ‘battery of Asia’ is turning to solar and other renewable energy sources to supply affordable power.
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.
Mekong Delta pays a high price from sand mining
The need for sand to build roads and infrastructure in Vietnam charges ahead with few restraints as land and houses are lost.
Life’s no beach for Thais affected by sand mining
Illegal sand mining has been an ongoing issue in Thailand’s section of the Mekong River due to fragmented governance and “influential people.”
Cambodia’s insatiable appetite for river sand
The high level of corruption in Cambodia undermined the public’s trust in the government’s regulations on the sand mining industry.