Video reports from the Mekong Delta on the growing impacts of climate change braking up families and communities as income is sought elsewhere.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Vegetables and fruits in Thai student lunches heavily contaminated
99% of the urine samples from students and teachers in four provinces contained organophosphate, a deadly toxic pesticide that attacks nervous system.
Massive arched bridge to link China to Myanmar
Record-setting bridge to become part of the China-Myanmar cross-border rail link
1,221 environmental rangers to be trained in Cambodia
Training aims to promote strategic plans and the work involved in protecting natural resources and biodiversity, the protected areas and regulations.
Laos to mobilize aid to social sector development
Working with development partners on new strategies to mobilize assistance to the social sector amid current aid cuts.
Corruption Puts Environmental Defenders at Risk in Cambodia
For the 30-year old Cambodian activist, an arrest is a very real possibility. Several of her colleagues have already been thrown in prison.
Skywalker Gibbon, Lance Bass Bat and Toad from Middle Earth are Three of 157 New Species Discovered in GMS
The new WWF report describes three mammal, 23 fish, 14 amphibian, 26 reptile and 91 plant species discovered in the GMS.