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Category: Eye Original

Mekong Eye’s original stories contributed by local journalists, partners, and grantees of the Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.

Trench

Cambodia’s snaring crisis leads to a ‘last-ditch effort’ to save wildlife

By Anton L. Delgado, Audrey Tan and Mark Cheong November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

To prevent more local extinctions, an environmentally debatable trench is dug to fend off poachers and encircle wildlife.

minority

Vietnam’s minorities lose right to farm forests

By Nguyen Dac Thanh November 7, 2022November 7, 2022

Traditional slash and burn farming lands ethnic minorities in jail as authorities try to preserve country’s forests.

Fisherman

Dams on the Mekong decimating tributary fisheries

By Pratch Rujivanarom October 31, 2022November 7, 2022

Thailand’s last free-flowing Mekong River tributary is losing valuable fish species due to the mainstream dams.

climate migrant

Climate change forces Thai farmers off rice fields

By Kultida Samabuddhi October 24, 2022October 24, 2022

Unpredictable weather forces rice farmers to abandon their land and head to cities to look for construction work.

deforestation

Indigenous Cambodians stripped of ancestral land

By Nehru Pry October 17, 2022October 21, 2022

Bunong people’s sacred forest becomes a rubber plantation in another land concession for the government.

Vietnam pork farm

Vietnam’s pig farms an environmental nightmare

By Vo Kieu Bao Uyen October 10, 2022October 10, 2022

While the country has ramped up its production of pork, the environment, and the people, have been paying a heavy price.

Phuket

Pristine bay in Phuket under threat from marina developers

By Wanpen Pajai October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

Plans to turn one of Phuket’s few mangrove forests into a haven for luxury yachts and cruises causes protests.

rice farmers thailand

Mekong farmers struggle as fertilizer prices rise

By Phafan Nokaeo, Tran Nguyen and Sao Phal Niseiy September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

Rising fertilizer costs decimate poor Mekong farmers’ livelihoods despite their vital role in feeding millions.

Cambodia seeks safety net for critically endangered dolphins

By Anton L. Delgado and Nasa Dip September 23, 2022September 23, 2022

Phnom Penh prepares its first submissions for UNESCO natural world heritage and global geopark status.

cranes habitat

Vietnam loses sacred cranes after habitat change

By Tran Nguyen September 19, 2022September 22, 2022

A vulnerable bird that usually migrated to the wetlands of the Mekong Delta has become a rare visitor to the area

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