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Amid hydropower boom, Laos streams ahead on latest Mekong dam
Faced with growing pressure from dams, pollution and sand mining, concerns are mounting about the health of the river and those whose livelihoods depend on it.
Hydropower and the worsening water crisis for Myanmar and Asia
Many people who could be directly affected in the Kachin, Shan and Kayin states are voting with their feet in public demonstrations. As their banners make clear, they say no to dam building.
Cambodia wants to turn Preah Sihanouk into ‘second Shenzhen”
“We don’t want Sihanoukville to be a ‘casino place’, but an industrial city, which provides technological, economic and tourism services.”
Quảng Trị to plant 60,000ha of forests by 2030
Quảng Trị is one of the top localities nationwide in terms of forestation certified by the FSC. The province targets developing at least 60,000 ha of FSC-certified forests by 2030, tripling that in 2019.
Groups voice concerns over new dam
If climate change, in the form of floods or droughts, occurs it would pose a serious impact on the lower downstream areas of the Mekong. The proposed project lacks measures to minimise the impact.
Laos Mining Sector Sees Decline Despite Rich Resources
Mining operations were suspended in 2016 as the sale value of minerals took a dive, and commodity prices on the world market slumped.