“If they have the land title, they should meet the people to solve the problem but the police came in force with machines to measure the land and fired on people instead.”
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Disturbing: Cambodia police shoot land protester in Sihanoukville (video)
There are sounds of guns being fired, as the videographer runs across what appears to be freshly graded land forming part of a new real estate development. In the distance people can be seen running.
Activists rally govt over water projects
The projects are the construction of dams at Khlong Sang and Wang Heeb, a water diversion canal at Muang Nakhon, and a water gate at Pak Pra.
EEC gets 400,000 rai for development
s much as 400,000 rai will be designated for industrial areas within the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Community-based forest management the way forward
Forestry experts are optimistic about the future in Vietnam, largely thanks to community-based forest management.
Myanmar seizes 63 tons of illegal timber in forest reserve
llegal logging often occurs in the area although the authorities have outlawed all logging operation in Bago Yoma mountain range for a 10-year period starting from 2016.
Making Vietnam’s textile industry sustainable
Vietnam ranks as the fifth largest exporter of apparel goods in the world but our industry is more famous for low-cost production with limited environmental standards. If it does not change its practice now.
Why China’s BRI is a win-win for Myanmar
Agruing that the BRI should not be viewed as a threat or a form of predatory economics by which the Chinese can export their infrastructure construction model, which heavily relies on state-owned enterprises.
Lao Dam disaster victims stare at uncertain future
Fears linger for livelihoods as new villages being built for Lao victims may not be suitable for agriculture
Displaced Kachin villagers call for permanent stop to Myitsone Dam
Concerns intensify as Chinese apply pressure to have controversial megaproject restarted