Strict social isolation measures has found significant drop in dangerous pollution levels of more than 20 per cent, as compared with the same time last year.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Indigenous groups in Myanmar lash out at ‘restrictive’ conservation policies
Indigenous communities in Myanmar’s northernmost Hkakaborazi region claim that Forest Department oversight and regulations upended traditional approaches to resource management.
Bank starts fundraising programme for drought, saline intrusion victims
The bank will donate 5,000 VND for each transaction made via the BIDV SmartBanking app to provide those for people in Long An, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Kien Giang and Ca Mau.
Building a sustainable, inclusive and more resilient Cambodia
This is in line with the vision of Prime Minister Hun Sen in promoting a people-centric development approach.
Anti-wildlife trafficking groups target viral origin
A study recently revealed that 15 percent of Thai respondents claimed that they or an acquaintance had purchased wildlife products at markets in the past 12 months.
Conservation NGO Suspended for Allegedly not Providing Adequate Documentation
Rights group says Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior should be clear about why it has raised these issues now, because arbitrary implementation of the law would cause worry among civil society groups.