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Transboundary haze: The hidden price of cheap maize 

By Pratch Rujivanarom December 30, 2020January 5, 2021

Industrial maize farming in Myanmar’s Shan State is devastating families and landscapes as well as fuelling ever-increasing levels of transboundary haze, generating urgent calls for serious changes to animal feed supply chains.

Posted inStory / Laos

Illegally Harvested Timber Sold ‘Under Cover’ in Attapeu Province in Laos

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Businessmen in Laos’s Attapeu province are selling timber hidden for years in the forest after being harvested illegally, mixing it with other timber allowed by provincial authorities to be sold by local villagers, Lao sources say.

Posted inStory / Cambodia

Cambodia denies reports of large scale illegal logging

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Cambodia had denied reports by Amnesty International and the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) that large scale illegal logging has increased in the Prey Lang wildlife sanctuary.

Posted inStory / Vietnam

Mekong Delta faces peak saltwater intrusion in March, April

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

The delta, the country’s largest rice, fruit and seafood producer, is facing a higher than normal level of saltwater intrusion from the sea through river mouths in the ongoing dry season. However, it is not as severe as the level of the previous dry season.

Posted inStory / Mekong

“Drastic Cut”: What Is China Doing With Mekong Dams?

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

The fluctuations have made it “challenging for authorities and communities to prepare for and respond to possible impacts”, says to Dr Winai Wangpimool, Director of the MRC Secretariat’s Technical Support Division.

Posted inData / Data

Study uncovers how big droughts in the Greater Mekong trigger carbon dioxide emission bursts

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Based on the 2016 energy demand, the researchers estimated that prolonged droughts reduce hydropower production in the Thai-Laotian grid (refer to image) by about 4,000 GWh/year, increasing carbon dioxide emissions by 2.5 million metric tons, and increasing costs by US$120 million in one year.

Posted inStory / Myanmar

EU suspends development funds for Myanmar

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021
Posted inStory / Laos

Laos Braces for Promise, Peril of China’s High-Speed Railway

By Nantiya March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

As for tiny Laos, they add, it could boost a heavily resource-reliant economy with more trade, tourists and industry — if at the cost of crippling debt and the growing sway of its giant neighbor.

Posted inStory / Thailand

Power a priority to cope with Thai EEC demands

By Nantiya March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

“In the next four to five years, old power plants will need to be removed from the 4,000-5,000MW system, with the expanding economy increasing demand for electricity. Therefore, all parties have to accelerate the planning of sufficient power generation capacity.”

Posted inStory / Myanmar

UN suspends climate work with Myanmar government following military coup

By Nantiya March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

“What’s certain is a lot of the adaptation and mitigation work done with international support like the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) will stop.”

Posted inStory / Cambodia

World’s forgotten fish species vital for hundreds of millions of people but one-third face extinction

By Nantiya March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

“Despite their importance to local communities, freshwater fish are invariably forgotten. Freshwater fish matter to the health of people and the freshwater ecosystems that all people and all life on land depend on. It’s time we remembered that,” said Mr. Seng Teak, Country Director of WWF-Cambodia.

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