Will the delay to the Pak Beng dam in Laos on the Mekong lead to a wider review of hydropower plans on the river?
Tag: Environment
How to promote natural capital investments in the GMS
The Mekong Subregion’s key natural capital stocks are in a state of decline. How to reverse course?
Temporary closure not enough to restore Thailand’s Maya Bay
95 percent of its coral reefs are gone. Absent more restrictions, recovery won’t happen. (Closed Islands in Southeast Asia under threat from tourism – Part 2)
A troubled paradise: Boracay Island’s already fragile environment
President Duterte called the island a “cesspool”. (Closed Islands in Southeast Asia under threat from tourism – Part 1)
China eyes its next prize – the Mekong
China’s growing control over the Mekong is a crucial component of immobilising sovereignty in mainland Southeast Asia.
The world’s plastic crisis in the Mekong region
As the world’s single largest contributor of plastic waste into the marine environment, Mekong countries must provide leadership to restore health in our oceans.
Cambodia parliament passes draft law on forestry
The National Assembly yesterday approved a draft law adopting the policies of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organisation, meaning that the Kingdom could soon become the organisation’s newest member country.
Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region: report
Companies acquired concessions amounting to the size of a small European country, while rural Mekong residents saw their landholdings shrink or disappear over the past two decades.
Paradigm Trap
New report explores how the development establishment’s embrace of Myanmar and how to break loose
Giant river prawns recover after long decline
After a long period of decline, the last two years have seen an increase in output of giant river prawns in the Mekong Delta