Mekong Eye

Pollution paralysis: Thailand’s structural inability to clean up its air
November 17, 2019
With little room in Thailand’s administrative and governance structure to fundamentally address environmental challenges, it’s difficult to see how its air quality can improve.
Curbing Southeast Asia’s transboundary haze: Corporate accountability the missing piece
November 15, 2019
Without making companies accountable, we’ll only become more blinded by their haze.
Built to Scale? Growing Pains Hit Cambodia’s Social Enterprises
November 15, 2019
With the “Markle Sparkle”, the little-known business—which employs survivors of human trafficking and other vulnerable women to make ethically sourced, environmentally friendly jeans—exploded.
Ground subsidence and sea level rise threaten Mekong Delta and millions of people
November 15, 2019
The study, conducted by a team from Utrecht University, estimates that at its current rate of subsidence the delta could be under 0.8 metre of sea within 57 years, forcing more than 12 million people to relocate.
As Air Pollution Worsens In Vietnam, Electric Vehicles Begin To Gain A Foothold
November 15, 2019
Electric scooters hit the streets in HCMC, but just 30,000 in the first year from a factory whose capacity is one million units annually.
Human Rights Watch Condemns Lao Government for Continued Detention of Elderly Landowner Over Property Dispute
November 14, 2019
“Wherever land grabbing takes place in Laos, villagers owning land who resist face being jailed, showing yet again how the Lao government abuses the human rights of villagers on lands the government requires.”