The garment industry is Cambodia’s biggest employer but it is also responsible for 70 percent of the wood burned in the country.
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Cambodia can secure reliable electricity without new coal
With the China–Cambodia free trade agreement ratified by the Cambodian National Assembly last month, and an updated investment law prioritising incentives for green energy, it looks like the future of Cambodia’s electricity system could be getting brighter – and greener.
Simulated Vietnam rice fields produce rice alternatives
By simulating the high salinity and high-temperature conditions of the rice fields in the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam at the Charles Sturt glasshouse in Wagga Wagga, the process used to grow these increasingly popular and highly nutritious foods lends itself to increased food security globally.
Vietnam rail debt to China comes due, but trains don’t run
Debt owed by Vietnam to China for construction of a rail line in the capital Hanoi is now due for repayment, but the project remains behind schedule and trains are still unable to run, government sources say.
Border pool dolphins down to just one
Dolphin conservation groups and government officials are expressing grave concerns over the decline in the number of dolphins present at the Chheu Teal trans-boundary pool of the Mekong River at the Laos-Cambodia border, saying that if this alarming trend is not halted, it will lead to the extinction of this important mammal.
Act now to save Mekong
The MRC urges states to come up with an “integrated river management plans to address risks from increasing hydropower development”. The warning reflects the lack of collective action to address the threat to the Mekong River that is the damming of its course.
At COP26, Vietnam must stress peril of rising sea levels
Despite government pledges to spend in excess of $345 million on anti-flood projects, the predicted sea-level rise and intense storm surges will require multilateral support, and breakthroughs on adaptation and resilience.
Thai water project clears major hurdle after China shows interest
Thailand’s sudden blessing of the Yuam River project’s environmental impact assessment may also suggest that the government is starting to relax its typically wary view of China’s BRI push across Southeast Asia.
Destination Mekong Summit discusses a sustainable tourism
Titled “Re-start, Re-form, Re-balance”, the summit looked at how the tourism sector could recover from the Coronavirus pandemic, which forced governments to shut their borders and restrict movement around their countries
