Vendors struggle to stay afloat as new roads and embankments push floating markets to the brink
Category: Eye Original
Mekong Eye’s original stories contributed by local journalists, partners, and grantees of the Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.
From karst to cement: Cambodia’s infrastructure boom puts ecosystems at risk
As Cambodia tries to cement its future, the cost is the limestone mountains called karsts and the ecosystems they contain
Extreme weather hits coffee growers in Laos
Coffee has helped lift farmers on the Bolaven Plateau and others out of poverty, but extreme weather threatens output
Tracing arsenic contamination in Viet Nam’s rice paddies
Scientists say common irrigation practices exacerbate contamination and want official limits tightened
Between nature and nation
A documentary explores what changes to the flow of the Mekong has done to the river’s islands as disputes rise over ownership
Rising sea levels take a toll on Myanmar village
A small village in the Ayeyarwady Delta faces increasing challenges in accessing groundwater as rising sea levels submerge their homes
Residents demand fair compensation for Cambodia’s canal project
Despite the Funan Techno Canal groundbreaking in a month, villagers remain in the dark about compensation and livelihoods
Viet Nam’s highlanders crippled years after floods, landslides
As extreme weather becomes the norm, many highland ethnic people have been forced to move to cities
Laos to halt fast-tracked mining scheme
The country urgently needs revenue from mining to address high inflation and economic challenges, but this necessity is putting pressure on natural resources
Evaluating carbon credits in Thai community forests
Carbon credits from forest projects have become a prominent approach in combating climate change in Thailand. But will it all add up?