The bill has many shortcomings especially on parts related to the conduct of the Environmental/Health Impact Assessment
Tag: Environment
Which Asian country has suffered most financial loss due to climate change?
The Global Climate Risk Index for 1996-2015 reveals that China has suffered the most financial loss.
Government seeks assistance for climate change damages
Myanmar is seeking financial assistance from international donors for losses and damages the country suffered due to climate change.
The Mekong, Dammed to Die
Laos is going forward with Don Sarong Dam, without approval from the Mekong River Commission and in defiance of protests from NGOs and downstream countries.
Mekong Institute transforms the lives of coffee growers
Thailand-based Mekong Institute (MI) has taken on a mission to improve the lives of coffee growers in Vietnam and the outcome so far is encouraging.
Myanmar looks to catalyse river transport as growth driver
Closing the transport infrastructure gap is a key focus area of the National Transport Master Plan, of which the new inland ports are a part.
Hearing ethnic voices on Myitsone
An inclusive & deliberative approach to addressing the Myitsone Dam dispute can showcase the govt’s commitment to genuine change.
Water resource conflicts rising in VN: experts
Water resources have become a source of increasing conflict, highlighting issues of unsustainable exploitation and environmental degradation, experts say.
World Bank fallacy of kinder, gentler dams
The World Bank-funded US$1.4 billion Nam Theun 2 dam in central Laos on the Mekong River was supposed to serve as showcase for a better kind of dam.
Call for effective management of Mekong amid threats from projects and climate change
Scholars and environmentalists called for more effective management of the Mekong due to climate change and development