Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
EU to hit Myanmar, Cambodia with trade sanctions over rights record
Both may soon lose preferential access to the EU market under the bloc’s so-called Everything But Arms arrangement, which permits tariff-free access for all exports except for weapons and ammunition.
Cambodia’s Women Entrepreneurs Aim to Scale Up
The goal? Reshaping the business landscape in Cambodia to encourage women to run businesses, and to promote women as business leaders.
Saving Mekong forests must remain a focus for slowing climate change
As the IPCC readies its Special Report Global Warming at 1.5 °C, world leading scientists warn forest protection is paramount. How will the Mekong Region respond? Ask China.
China Reshapes The Vital Mekong River To Power Its Expansion
Chinese gunboat presence on the Mekong is “just to remind neighbors of the influence they can wield and that the hard power, the sharp power they hold is increasing.”