Scholars and environmentalists called for more effective management of the Mekong due to climate change and development
Tag: forests
Cambodia continues to fuel Vietnam timber trade
Cambodian Human Rights Task Force, described the timber trade with Vietnam as “mafia” business, which was destroying Cambodia’s environment.
Could lack of access to data be the biggest threat to Myanmar’s rivers?
It’s difficult to judge the impacts of deforestation, erosion, pollutants, or to confirm or refute claims of damage caused by development without starting from a solid data baseline.
The palm oil fiefdom
Mongabay and Gecko Project collaborate on an in-depth series on the corruption behind Indonesia’s deforestation and land rights crisis.
SMART and well-Connected: reserve patrol data system adds communications capacity
The SMART software helps forest rangers report, analyze, and manage field data to target their patrolling and management activities.
Eco-tourism should not destroy biodiversity: experts
Most tourism projects in the country are implemented without conducting comprehensive environmental impact assessments: a conservation expert.
Rethinking the role of nature in dam planning and management
Investing in nature is not a waste of money or a drain on profit margins. On the contrary, such investments are just as important as the concrete and steel needed to build dams and reservoirs.
Deforestation in Cambodia” the ignored cost of cutting down trees
Cambodia stands to lose US$130 million per year in economic benefit unless deforestation in the Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park (VSSPNP) is halted.
Deforestation in Cambodia linked to ill health in children
Study finds loss of dense forest cover in Cambodia is associated with an increased risk of diarrhea, acute respiratory infection and fever in children younger than five years.
Salween River Youth Ask: Must We Bear the Burden for Development?
Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission is holding a seminar on Thai outbound investment that will discuss the Hatgyi Dam.