Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Laos to attend the Fourth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
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The last 92 Irrawaddy dolphins in Mekong River may not survive
Experts are concerned that the Mekong dolphin is unlikely to survive Cambodia’s modernisation as a new dam is planned.
Mekong’s Damming Trend
More research concluding that the negative social and environmental consequences greatly outweigh the purported benefits.
Is Laos facing a dam disaster?
As a major investor and primary purchaser of Lao electricity, Thailand could see US$81 billion in profits by 2040.
Belt and Road Initiative set to bring opportunity, but comes with risks
“We hear a lot about the [BRI] contribution, but it will be also really great to hear about what is the problem that BRI has brought about.”
Climate migration from the Mekong Delta
Video reports from the Mekong Delta on the growing impacts of climate change braking up families and communities as income is sought elsewhere.
Vegetables and fruits in Thai student lunches heavily contaminated
99% of the urine samples from students and teachers in four provinces contained organophosphate, a deadly toxic pesticide that attacks nervous system.
Corruption Puts Environmental Defenders at Risk in Cambodia
For the 30-year old Cambodian activist, an arrest is a very real possibility. Several of her colleagues have already been thrown in prison.
Skywalker Gibbon, Lance Bass Bat and Toad from Middle Earth are Three of 157 New Species Discovered in GMS
The new WWF report describes three mammal, 23 fish, 14 amphibian, 26 reptile and 91 plant species discovered in the GMS.
Thai farmers feeling the heat of climate debate
Many of them have reported losing crops to irregular weather patterns and unexpected disasters such as drought and flooding. Some even fall into debt due to their income losses.