“We lost all of our homes and farmland for only 84 million kip [1 million kip = US$100] per hectare [2.5 acres],” a landowner in the province’s Phoukout district said. “We inherited the rice field from our ancestors.”
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A buffer zone for Thailand, last great hope for wildlife in Southeast Asia
If the Indochinese tiger is to be saved from extinction and, through some miracle, allowed to disperse back throughout the rest of its range, Thailand is its only hope.
NGO launches ‘4Rs’ project to reduce use of plastics
About 10 million plastic bags are used daily in Phnom Penh while the average Cambodian living in cities uses more than 2,000 plastic bags a year.
Rains renew Mekong Delta erosion threat
“Erosion along river banks and coast in the province has become complicated in scale and impact, and can occur any time,” said Huynh Ngoc Nha, director of the Soc Trang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. After each time, they would mobilise people to repair erosion sites, but things are only worsening, according to local authorities.
New minister reassures MRC of Lao cooperation for responsible development of Mekong Basin
Bounkham Vorachit, who was appointed Minister in March this year and is now the MRC Council Member for Lao PDR, told MRC Secretariat CEO An Pich Hatda during their online meeting last Thursday that the country was fully committed to the principles and objectives of sustainable development under the MRC cooperation.
Nam Ou River Basin Power Company hands over drinking water purification project to Hatkeep villagers
Mr Zhigong expressed the hope that the Lao government would continue to strengthen its key support and assistance to the Nam Ou River Project, so that the rich hydropower resources of the Nam Ou River could be transformed into rich social and economic benefits, and contribute to the rapid economic development of northern Laos and the friendly cooperation between China and Laos.
Endangered bamboo sharks given helping hand in Gulf of Thailand
The small, slow moving, bottom dwelling sharks with striped bodies and an extra long tail have become endangered in recent years because of their popularity with fish collectors and exotic food diners.
6 cities at risk of chronic flooding
Some of the world’s great coastal cities could be severely inundated by 2050 as a result of global warming. Extreme floods that used to occur once a century could start hitting some cities including Bangkok and Hanoi every year.
Vietnamese in Cambodia struggle as local authority dismantles temporary shelters
To Van Trong a resident from the area, said that his family and most of the people in the area had lived on floating houses in Prek Pnov district’s river, Phnom Penh, since 1980 after Vietnamese volunteers soldiers helped Cambodia overthrow the Khmer Rouge regime. Although their life is difficult, they still have lived there for decades.