The Kingdom has welcomed 13 newborn Irrawaddy dolphins in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces so far this year, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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Southeast Asia’s rivers under threat
What many do not know about the Mekong is that it is also a dumping ground for garbage and waste deposits, making it one of the most polluted rivers in the region.
Cross-border cooperation crucial to conserve wildlife
20 Laotian and 17 Thai law enforcement representatives worked with WWF to develop skills needed to identify wildlife products and enforce new, strict wildlife laws at border zones.
Thailand pushes biodegradable plastic bag research commercialization
South sea turtle deaths spark alarm
Marine debris has been blamed after 13 sea turtles were found dead in the sea and on the beaches of southern provinces over the past week.
Another Baby Mekong Dolphin Spotted
From Brazil to Cambodia, Conflicts Flaring Over Land, Water
Conflicts over land and water flared across the world this year amid greater competition for resources and increasing hostility towards farmers and indigenous people, according to two reports published Tuesday.
Myanmar very vulnerable to climate change effects: Historian
“What we know is that as the earth warms another 2, 3 degrees over the rest of this century, the impact on Burma could be catastrophic in terms of rising sea levels, extreme heat, extreme weather events.”
Illegal hunting a greater threat to wildlife than forest degradation
In one protected area complex, the Hue and Quang Nam Saola Nature Reserves, in central Vietnam, forest rangers collected more than 110,000 wire snares over the course of a few years.
‘Watered Down”: report on policy versus practice in flagship dam projects
Includes a case study of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project in Laos, the first time a Chinese company obtained rights to develop a cascade along an entire river basin outside of China.