Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Meet Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’
He runs a school where children pay for their education in recycled waste materials
Connectivity, Transport Keys to Unlocking Laos’ Growth Potential While “Navigating Uncertainty”: WB
A complex and fast-changing world and a stronger US dollar on the back of interest rate rises could make for a rough or productive ride for business, investors and the economy.
Chinese Influx Brings Trash, High Prices to Cambodia’s Sihanoukville
A surge in Chinese investment and in the numbers of migrant workers in Cambodia’s port city of Sihanoukville has left local beaches polluted and Cambodian residents struggling to meet higher prices as the cost of living rises, Cambodian sources say.
Myanmar Launches First Inquiry into Agricultural Chemicals and Their Effects
The first parliamentary inquiry into chemicals used in agriculture and their effects on the health and quality of life of farmers, workers and consumers across the country.
Tigers forever: a wildlife hike in north-east Laos
A guided trek on Mount Forever helps protect endangered tigers and reveals an exotic array of other, less elusive, wildlife
To Protect the Environment, Buddhist Monks Are Ordaining Trees
“They’re very wary of the monks getting together,” Chantal Elkin, a program manager for The Alliance of Religions and Conservation, told Sojourners. “Forest activism is [seen as] a threat to the government.”
Mekong Delta sinking as groundwater gets depleted
The Mekong Delta is subsiding faster than the rise in sea level, causing urban flooding, and humans are to blame.
Operation Mekong: China Solidifies Its Influence in Southeast Asia
China’s leadership now breaks with its decades-old doctrine of not getting involved in other countries’ political crises.