Over the last two years, the China led Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism has used everything from a “bulldozer approach” to engaging with local communities to deal with tensions over development projects
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Corruption ‘Worse’ in Laos Last Year, Sources in Country Say
Fraud occurs in development projects in which dishonest officials embezzle state funds and assets, including money for schools and health services across the country
IFC plans for more investments in microfinance
Vanessa Vizcarra Bianchi, IFC’s lead of financial institutions advisory services for Mekong Region, said in an exclusive interview that the organisation would invest in three or four more MFIs by the end of this year.
Measures sought for sustainable development in Mekong River basin
Representatives from 17 cities and provinces of the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands gathered in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province, on March 14 to seek ways for sustainable development of the Mekong Basin
China Defends Dam Building on Mekong River as Activists Head to Court
Officials from southwest China’s Yunnan province have defended a plan to build a dam in the region as “fully legally compliant”, after an environment group took developers of the project to court last month for violating laws.
Thais weigh merit of Mekong dam
Environmental watchdogs express hope that the Thai government’s announcement that it will delay a decision to purchase power from the controversial planned Pak Beng Dam could signal a shift energy supply priorities.
Karen Villagers Protest Hatgyi Dam, Other Projects on Salween River
More than 800 Thai and Karen residents living close to the Salween River in Mae Sariang of Mae Hong Son province and the Ituta refugee camp organized action on Day for Rivers.
$66b invested in Greater Mekong Sub-region: ADB official
Upped by $2 billion compared to what ministers of the six GMS countries agreed to in the action plan late last year.
Sustainable tourism development in heritage sites talked in Hanoi
Benefits, but the overdevelopment of tourism in several coastal provinces results in numerous negative impacts
New mining rules ‘tinkering at the edges’, says MCRB
THE Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business has urged a total overhaul of the legal framework for mining just weeks after the government enacted rules to bring into force the amended Myanmar Mines Law.