Not only are they confronted with land dispossession, they’re faced with knowledge appropriation developed through the ages.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Ministry institutes new permanent secretariat to prevent forest crimes
The core task of this unit mainly focuses on rosewood because the species is rare in the country: official.
Chinese railway project in Laos leaves farmers in the lurch
The railway project, expected to be completed in 2021, has displaced more than 4,400 families from their land.
Sihanoukville families push for dispute solution
Villagers claimed they were evicted from their land to pave way for a property development project owned by a well-connected family without any compensation.
Stung by evidence of internal graft, Forest Department launches purge
An arrest warrant was issued for her last August over serious “wood-poaching” offences.
40 mining blocks wait for recommendation from respective regions, states to operate
“We also seek opinions from the local people,” says permanent secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation.
Turning Temple Town green through ‘upcycling’
A social enterprise in Siem Reap came up with innovative solutions to the accumulating wastes at the tourism hot spot of Siem Reap. It “upcycles” refuse into biofuel, soap and durable goods.
Report: Illegal Logging Still Rampant in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Forest
Grassroot forest protection group’s 7th Monitoring Report, published Monday, also says that the government is making the situation worse by requiring permits to patrol the forest.
Bangkok Fights Floods with Thirsty Landscaping
“We need to be thinking about everything we build in the context of mitigating climate-change impact.,” says its designer.
New possible solutions to Vietnam’s waste problems
Closed-loop organic waste processing technology and de-centralised waste processing are possible solutions for Vietnam’s organic waste problems, experts said at a discussion panel earlier this week.