A new project in Cambodia and Lao PDR was announced last week by countries engaged in the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative. The four-year, $5.5 million project is led by national institutions and will enhance their capacities to provide hydrometeorological, early action, and response services to vulnerable populations in Cambodia.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
‘Weapons, power and money’: How rare earth mining in Kachin enriches a Tatmadaw ally
The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare earth trade, and has turned the territory under his de facto control into a mining hub at a high environmental cost.
Cambodian Leader Acknowledges Oil Production ‘Failure’
“On December 29, we announced the first drop of oil – perhaps now it is a failure,” Hun Sen said in a speech Sunday,
Mekong-US Partnership meeting stresses cooperation on sustainable development
Foreign ministers of the five Mekong countries and the US participate in the second ministerial level Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) meeting held on Tuesday.
Reduce plastic production to help Southeast Asia
Global treaties must be ratified and properly enforced, and eventually a full ban on single-use plastic will be needed
Off-season fruits prove lucrative for Mekong Delta farmers
The Mekong delta, the country’s largest fruit producer, gradually increased its total area under fruits from 287,300ha in 2010 to 377,700ha last year, or 33.3 per cent of the country’s total,
China’s plan to reduce outflows from Jinghong dam postponed
China’s plan to reduce outflows from its Jinghong hydropower station in Yunnan province has now been rescheduled to the end of August, says a notification from China’s Ministry of Water Resources.
Vientiane dry port a transport hub for region and world, Japanese diplomats told
Under construction in Dongphosy village, Hadxaifong district, Vientiane, the TDP and VLP are part of the Lao National Logistics Strategy that will help transform Laos from being landlocked to a land-linked country, Thanaleng Dry Port Managing Director Sakhone Philangam told the visiting guests.
We Support “World Heritage, Blood Heritage” Campaign!
We object in the strongest terms to the declaration of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC), the ancestral lands of the Karen people, as a World Heritage Site on 26th July 2021. The World Heritage Committee has set a dangerous precedent by disregarding severe cases of reported human rights violations and history of the Karen people. Further, the very act of the Committee’s adoption of the KKFC as a World Heritage violates the fundamental rights of the Indigenous Peoples living in the area and international human rights law.
China poised for Thailand’s solar move
With its factories and investments in Thailand, China will be increasingly important to the Southeast Asian nation’s transition from fossil fuels