Reports from the National Bank of Cambodia raises questions about the government’s ban on timber exports, as they show $5 million exported last year.
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Forum slams Mekong dam construction, warns livelihoods at stake
Hydroelectric dams in several countries on the mainstream of the Mekong River has seriously impacted people living along it, a forum heard last week.
Greens take on China’s infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia
NGOs along the Mekong are taking advantage of tougher environmental compliance to pressure Chinese companies.
Mekong Dam Could Choke China’s Last Rainforest
Fourteen dams have been built along the section of the Mekong River flowing through Yunnan since 1995, decimating habitats, several conservationists told Caixin.
China deepens Lancang-Mekong environmental protection cooperation
The Lancang-Mekong Environmental Protection Center has been inaugurated in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province.
New Climate Change Fears, Old Mekong Problems
The evidence continues to pile up on the river’s bleak future, but development and management practices continue to ignore the facts.
Woman’s sustainable farming struggles against industrial encroachment
Women’s vision for agriculture development is so far falling flat with those implementing Thailand’s flagship EEC development project
Mekong River researchers hope to find ways to make dams less damaging
Backed by NASA, researchers from Michigan State University will spend three years analyzing sites in the lower Mekong River basin in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
World Bank says Cambodia vulnerable to rising sea levels
Cambodia is among 12 countries in East Asia and the Asia-Pacific that are vulnerable to rising sea levels which could lead to the loss of land and force millions of people to relocate.
Can the countries of the Mekong pioneer a new model of cooperation?
Over the last two years, the China led Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism has used everything from a “bulldozer approach” to engaging with local communities to deal with tensions over development projects