Countries like Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand are also becoming more dangerous for environmental activists.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Activist asks UN to review EU-Vietnam timber deal
“We have collected enough evidence from our government showing that Vietnamese companies are embroiled in large-scale illegal logging and timber smuggling from Cambodia.”
Workshop to boost fish conservation
Cambodian officials and experts with USAID yesterday held a workshop to discuss the management and conservation of vulnerable fish species through the latter’s Wonders of the Mekong project.
Is Cambodia ready for the post-EBA era?
he EU’s withdrawal of Cambodia’s trade preferences under the Everything but Arms scheme will now force the country to rethink its industrial policy, writes Soun Nimeth.
China’s Belt and Road Hits Bumps in Laos
Despite the ambitions of these grand projects, very few have produced any significant achievements.
Southeast Asia swapping opium with coffee
Laos and Myanmar are following Thailand, which began the change in the 1980s. Long-term government investment in schools, hospitals and roads has weaned farmers off the crop, leading to its eradication.