It now seems inevitable that Myanmar will grant the deep water port and SEZ development to China, despite community concerns.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Bad development elevates disasters: Deputy Minister
“We now realise that unsustainable socio-economic development has led to the emergence of new types of disasters,” Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Testing the winds in Cambodia’s energy sector
A new study focusing on wind energy’s potential in coastal provinces is expected to complete next year.
Mon State expects fresh FDI next year
Thailand is so far the biggest investor in Mon State, with Thai petroleum firm PTTEP having invested some $2.1 billion in an offshore gas field in the Gulf of Martaban.
Medicinal plant potential under scrutiny
The project supports Laos’ research and development of traditional medicines, the first step towards commercial production for domestic and export sales.
Human rights advice for Thais who invest abroad
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has provided three recommendations to prevent human rights violations stemming from Thai investment overseas.
Decree defines criteria for upgrading large villages to small towns
To be certified as a small town, a village in a mountainous rural area must have at least 1,000 inhabitants.
Mekong Delta preserves water-related cultural values
The issue become more urgent under the impacts of the fourth industrial revolution and international integration as well as the global climate change
KIO releases a warning against land-grabbing
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) released a statement recently asking the authorities not to allow others to grab war victims’ land by force in the resource rich state.
A wave of young female activists from Cambodia aim to shake up the patriarchy. Here’s how
Cambodian women regularly spearhead land rights demonstrations, and in recent years some have even parlayed their newfound activism into entering the political sphere.