Gold mining permits issued to military-linked companies that are causing environmental damage in ethnic communities.
Category: Eye Original
Mekong Eye’s original stories contributed by local journalists, partners, and grantees of the Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.
The struggle to survive worsening storms and floods in Central Vietnam
Floating houses and two-story buildings are options as record flood levels devastate communities and farms in the region
Time for a rethink on Thailand’s troubled forest policy
A photographer’s journey shows the consequences of the Thai government’s forest conservation policy on marginalized people.
What a year it was in the countries along the Mekong
A look back at the challenges faced and the opportunities available for the region’s environment and people.
As climate changes, Mekong farmers try floating rice
Mekong Delta farmers turn to indigenous rice strain to counter unpredictable floods as upstream dams affect water flow
Myanmar’s junta stays quiet as climate change hits
Military rulers absent from COP27 and ignore the climate-related disasters that are impacting the people and economy.
Elderly fleeing Mekong Delta as climate change hits
Vietnamese farmers flee the Delta for city jobs as climate change, droughts and creeping saltwater take a toll.
US charges Cambodian officials over monkey business
Macaque exports from Cambodia continue as ministry officials face US charges and allegations of wildlife trafficking.
Illegal gold mining threatens freshwater lake in Myanmar
Gold rush in Kachin state puts the country’s largest freshwater inland lake at risk of disappearing.
Post-pandemic wildlife trade threatens human and forest health
While hunting is a historic practice in Southeast Asia, rising commercial pressure and cheaper poaching methods are emptying forests faster than they can replenish, hurting human and forest health.