WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
Curating news, commentary and resources on development, its environmental and social impacts, and the context affecting the Mekong Region
MEKONG DEVELOPMENT
Protecting Biodiversity: Hydropower plant in southwest China sees success in breeding native fish species
There are six native species living in the Lancang River. Of the six, four of the species have been successfully propagated. Two are still work in progress.
CAMBODIA
Cambodia’s Indigenous ecotourism weighed down by virus fears
Cambodia’s Indigenous groups make up less than two percent of the population and mostly live in in the hilly and forested northeast provinces such as Ratanakiri.
LAOS
1st batch of Lao cattle exported to China
The first exportation of Lao cattle to China reflects the in-depth development of the China-Laos economic and trade cooperation, the Chinese embassy said in a statement issued on Thursday,
Myanmar
Myanmar coup threatens Chinese power projects
Projects taken up by Chinese state-backed liquefied natural gas and solar energy companies would have been difficult to implement even before the Feb. 1 military takeover, insiders say. Now the coup has further complicated matters.
Thailand
Thai communities grapple with pollution in economic corridor
Thai communities grapple with pollution in economic corridor
Landfill, waste sorting and recycling operations take over Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor, polluting traditional farmland
Vietnam
Red-crowned cranes return to Mekong Delta
More than 30 red-crowned cranes have returned to the Phu My Biosphere Reserve in Kien Giang province and the Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap province after a year of absence.