Demands more firm action against fishing, forestry, and forest land encroachment crimes in order to protect and preserve rare species of wild animals that are currently under threat
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The BRI in Northern Laos through the prism of continuity
Absence of strategising sustainable domestic development benefits of Chinese megaprojects on part of the Lao government is only exacerbating widening socio-economic inequalities on the ground.
Unsustainable sand mining is threatening lives along Mekong River in Cambodia
New study clearly illustrates that excessive sand mining is responsible for increased rates of bank erosion that local communities have been reporting in recent years.
Air pollution could rip 5 pct off Vietnam GDP
Hazardous air quality may cause damages worth 5 percent to Vietnam’s GDP as foreign investors lower funding, heard the Vietnam Business Forum.
Vietnam aims to ensure water security by 2030
By 2050, 60 per cent of farming areas in Vietam will be equipped with water-saving irrigation systems, according to the country’s Water Management Strategy.
The end for Lao’s elephants?
As of last year the elephant population has dwindled to about 800 where 400 are wild elephants and 400 are in captivity, and even these shrinking populations are under constant threat.
The 97km that frustrate China’s mastery of the Mekong
These rocks and rapids in Thai waters along the Mekong stand between Beijing and dominance over the Lower stretch of the river.
‘The colour is blue’: Strange changes as dams and climate change make their mark
Now man holds reign. And there is something wrong with the Mekong. The ‘Mother of Water’ as this great river is known throughout the regions it passes, is sick.