But the declaration of the new park does nothing to protect the environment, at least in the short term
Category: Analysis
How empowering women leads to innovative agricultural practices
What is the actual impact of an intensified development focus on rural women?
Payments to protect forest carbon must increase to defend against rubber plantations
Efforts to protect tropical forests in Southeast Asia for the carbon they store may fail because protection payments are too low
Global surveys indicate uphill battle for Laos
At least three global surveys disclosed their findings recently, with all three indicating that Laos is going backwards in term of in global development rankings
More murders: Conservationists allegedly killed by soldiers in Cambodia
Three people have been shot and killed by soldiers in northeastern Cambodia, apparently in retaliation for seizing equipment from illegal loggers.
Drug production in Laos and Myanmar still a major threat
As long as farmers can make more money from opium poppy than from other crops, the problem will continue. And as long as criminal groups can act with impunity in permissive environments, nothing will change.
New environmental bill overtly facilitates business: experts
Thailand is considering a new environmental law, that is widely criticized by scholars and the public for failing to resolve environmental problems
Solar, wind may boost Mekong region energy Read more at http://vietnamnews.vn/opinion/421529/solar-wind-may-boost-mekong-region-energy.html#JEZix1xjtssbrqaT.99
if Cambodia, Laos and Việt Nam take advantage of recent advances in renewable power generation and transmission technologies, they can achieve energy security
Experts decry Vietnam’s risky coal compulsions
With Vietnam planning to signigicantly increase its number of coal plants over the next decade, potentially posing great risks to the environment, international experts have advised the country to work on a cleaner path forward.
China’s Supply of Cheap Energy to Southeast Asia Could Stall Hydropower Development: Analyst
An abundance of cheap power from China could stall Laos’ plans to become the “battery of Southeast Asia.”