The collapse of the water network—due to a combination of intense summer monsoon rains and lack of maintenance—likely hastened the city’s desertion.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Thailand Confronts its Triple Disaster in 2020
The confluence of COVID, droughts, and raging forest fires have combined to produce a perfect storm of challenges for the government.
China’s post-COVID-19 woes to flow through the Mekong
China will struggle to rebuild its productive capacity, supply chains and markets. Therefore, China is likely to turn to consolidating power in its own backyard — the Mekong region of Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Kiên Giang households allotted forests for conservation, exploitation protect them well
The beneficiary households must ensure 70 per cent of land is covered in forests and can use the rest to farm aquatic creatures and grow crops.
The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor: Delays Ahead
It may be too early to assess the impact of the coronavirus crisis on CMEC projects, but there is “no doubt” that it “will slow down the implementation of CMEC projects in the short-term.”
Ben Tre province giant river prawn farms hit by saltwater intrusion
Nearly a third of the province’s 3,000ha of giant river prawn farms has been affected by saltwater intrusion with a death rate of 30 percent, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Scientists discover bent-toed gecko species in Cambodia
A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensis) has been described from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.
Chinese dams held back Mekong waters during drought, study finds
“If the Chinese are stating that they were not contributing to the drought, the data does not support that position.”