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Myanmar groups reject power plant’s EIA report, demand suspension
With serious air and water contamination already in the area, the EIA report by local consultants, appointed by the Chinese plant operator, failed to deliver a comprehensive assessment and suffers from procedural problems.
Illegal logging persists in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary: Report
Cambodia’s Prey Lang forest was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2016, but illegal land clearing within the protected area continues, a new report has found.
Southeast Asia and the right to safe water
More than 100 million people live without access to safe water in Southeast Asia. What can be done to improve that and to protect clean water sources?
‘I can’t catch enough fish’: Can Myanmar balance water needs for fishers and farmers?
Myanmar’s irrigation infrastructure has expanded to boost rice production, but without considering the potential impacts on inland fisheries, which is harming river health and reducing fisheries production.
Gusty growth: Vietnam’s remarkable wind energy story
Vietnam is Asia’s new wind hero, with power capacity soon to dwarf that of all other Asean nations and the world’s biggest offshore wind farm to be built off its windy coast, but challenges remain.