The human rights footprint of Thais is on the rise–linking malpractice of businesses, environmental destructions and large displacements.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Multiconsult to assess renewable energy impacts on Laos river
With IFC’s partnership, they hope to become a world leader with regards to putting principles for sustainable water resource management and hydropower planning into practice.
Lao delegation ducks questions at UN rights review
Refused to answer questions about the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, an agricultural expert and sustainable development proponent who vanished at a police checkpoint in 2012.
‘Economic war’ brings more mining deaths in Myanmar
Fifteen dead and 45 injured in yet another incident at one of Myanmar’s jade mines.
Supreme Court upholds guilty verdict against environmentalists
Cambodia’s Supreme upheld a low court’s decision to sentence three environmental activists for their anti-sand dredging campaign activities in Koh Kong province.
Myanmar: Farmers Seek Return of Seized Land
While the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims continues, a story just as consequential and longer in the making has gone largely unreported.
The ‘billionaires’ waste recycling village is seriously polluted
Scrap piles up right at the entrance gate to the village, and covers all canals, alleys and heaps up at houses. Schools are ‘attacked’ by waste and thick black smoke.
Southeast Asia’s tigers show slight revival but remain under pressure
Mekong nations of Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar are lagging others working successfully to bring tiger numbers up.
How Worried Should Laos Be About Its Debt Problems?
The issue poses significant challenges for the Southeast Asian state’s future trajectory.
Ministry says no to proposed BOT thermal power project
Experts applaud Vietnam’s decision not to license the 1,200 MW Vung Ang II coal-fired thermal power project, saying that this is a ‘necessary caution’.