A government-sponsored study warned against restarting the highly controversial Myitsone dam and recommended alternatives to develop the country’s hydropower sector.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Danang faces environmental challenges
Officials in Danang have raised concerns about the increased problems of flooding and environmental issues in the city.
The misrule of Myanmar’s Inle Lake
Inle Lake and its mismanagement is a case study in the limits of devolution under the 2008 Constitution, and the dispossession of ethnic communities.
BRI can drive SDGs in Cambodia
Experts say if managed properly, BRI has the potential to contribute significantly to Cambodia’s SDGs in terms of sustainable economic growth, job creation, and income generation.
Dam claims hold no water: experts
No benefits will materialize. Approval was based on a 15-year-old Environmental Impact Assessment, and the situation had changed.
Protected Forest in Cambodian Illegally Logged Through Official Collusion
Around 1,200 hectares of protected forest from a commune has been illegally logged for timber and sold to businessmen from neighboring Vietnam.
Seminar in Hoa Binh talks sustainable energy development
Also discussed cooperation between Laos, Vietnam and Mekong countries on promoting the implementation of the master plan on water resources and energy.
Deft Diplomacy Required as China, Japan Court Myanmar
Understanding the value of Myanmar’s strategic location in Southeast Asia, China and Japan are accelerating efforts to further their own grand plans.
The Trouble With the Lancang Mekong Cooperation Forum
The LMC was born from China’s unilateral dam building, but that same fact may also undermine the forum in the end.