Authorities stated that sand mining had not collapsed the riverbank, but locals say the riverbank had never collapsed before the sand mining moved to the section of the river.
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Myanmar’s military coup linked to illegal deforestation
The British monitoring group Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) claims that deforestation of primary rainforest at the heart of the country spiralled since the military took over.
Saving a beach paradise from mass tourism
Thai authorities want to cap the number of tourists at Maya Bay to rescue its stressed marine ecosystem. The iconic cove from “The Beach” had to be sealed off to the public after almost all its coral was destroyed.
Herd of Eld’s Deer caught on camera in Sambo Sanctuary
Researchers have installed camera traps at 11 locations Eld’s Deer are thought to live in the sanctuary, covering a total of 5,093ha located along the Mekong River.
Forget Phuket, here’s Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s big tourism hope
But the scale of tourism is putting too much pressure on the island’s infrastructure. Statistics from the local natural resources and environment office show the island generates nearly 200 tons of waste and 18,000 cubic metres of waste water a day while the collection capacity is only around 60 per cent, according to a 2019 report published by the magazine of the Vietnam Environment Administration.
The Oscars for Earth Day
Best International Feature Film: The Rocket (2013). Filmed in Laos, the movie opens with the main character, a young boy, swimming down to the depths of a lake to visit his old village, now inundated beneath a reservoir created by a hydropower dam. Soon, his relocated village must move once again to make way for yet another reservoir; a character in a temporary encampment laments that the country is selling electricity to “all of bloody Asia” with none left for them.
Locals fear water conflict as new industrial boom arrives along Thailand’s eastern seaboard
“Even before the EEC, there was a troublesome lack of water in the eastern seaboard area,” said Somnuck Jongmeewasin, a conservationist and research director at EEC Watch. “In my local community, there’s a lack of water. If we want water, we have to buy and it’s very expensive. The industrial sector can get the water because they have money. This is the inequality.”
Japan, Thailand, Vietnam Vie with China for Influence in Impoverished, Landlocked Laos
Laos is getting a new round of aid and investment offers this year as foreign governments hope to dilute China’s increasing influence over the poor, landlocked country, observers in the region say.