While COP16 concluded with a promising new body to support indigenous peoples, their exclusion from national conservation efforts remains a challenge
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
COP 16: Thai fishing community pleads for conservation funding
While governments discuss funds to protect biodiversity, indigenous and local communities point out their proven conservation work needs to be eligible for grants
Can incinerators solve Viet Nam’s waste crisis?
As landfills struggle to cope, Viet Nam is turning to waste-to-energy plants as a potential solution – but could they introduce new challenges?
Myanmar’s prized coastal wetlands under threat from escalating war
Conservation work grinds to a halt as Rakhine’s protected wetlands area gets caught up in the ongoing conflict
