A year after Vietnam’s worst environmental disaster, lives remain ruined while the government cracks down on protesters seeking compensation
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Drones are planting an entire forest from the sky
Mangroves in the Irrawaddy River delta are getting restored thanks to reseeding operations employing drones over a 250,000 hectare area.
Hydropower production possible in Rakhine say Myanmar officials
A team of officials has studied several rivers in Rakhine State and concluded that some are suitable for hydropower production, sources say.
Lam Dong seeks funds to repair unsafe reservoirs
Most of the reservoirs have been short of monitoring equipment, poorly constructed, and relatively unsafe for operations.
Q&A with Erik Solheim: China and India can help satisfy energy demands in environmentally-friendly way
UNEP executive director speaks about energy access in China and India, and efforts to ban the global illegal animal trade.
HydroCalculator: new, free, online tool helps citizens assess dams
The HydroCalculator is meant for use by communities, researchers and activists who are often closed out of the technical dam planning process. It is available free online.
Central Highlands shun hydropower plants
Most of them are situated in natural forests.
Vietnam Scraps Controversial Plan to Dump Sludge in Binh Thuan Sea
Public opposition prompted Vietnamese authority to scrap plans to dump about 1 million cubic meters of sludge into the Binh Thuan Sea.
Speed up land titles: Indigenous groups
The Indigenous People Network and civil society organisations yesterday asked the government to speed up registration of indigenous collective lands.
All-powerful agency being established to improve water management
Experts have backed the government’s plan to establish a single all-encompassing organisation to combine the efforts of different agencies and oversee the country’s water management policies.