Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam
An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 forest violations are reported every year in the Southeast Asian country.
Lao Dam Collapse Creates Hardship for Student Far From Floodwaters
Laos’ worst flooding in decades is still reverberating far away in the capital of the poor, landlocked country.
The investment rush in solar energy could end up testing Vietnam’s weak power infrastructure
Both transmission capacity and the ability of grids to absorb the energy produced by new projects are suspect, as of now.
Vietnam ranks 6th in Climate Risk Index ranking
Vietnam ranks 6th globally in the most up-to-date Climate Risk Index ranking released by Germanwatch, the highest of any ASEAN country.
Thailand’s Phi Phi islands suffering water crisis after tourist influx
News surfaced just a few days after environmentalists were celebrating the return of reef sharks in the shallow sea in Maya Bay, a popular holiday destination .
Tourism and marine parks threaten Thailand’s ‘people of the sea’
The land where their ancestors were buried now heaves with daytrippers taking selfies, while the Urak Lawoi community of the Chao Lay are confined to a small patch of beach.
Shun plastic, public urged
On Thai environment day, experts want people to make small changes in lifestyle to help tackle huge generation of waste.