The Mekong represents a key test case as it is home to perhaps the highest profile conflicts over hydropower development today.
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Provinces ordered to ‘dig for water’
All 76 provinces across the country have been ordered to begin digging for water as part of urgent state measures to fight a drought which has already parched 18 provinces.
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Water a worry for Myanmar’s farmers
Ministry of Agriculture spokesman says building more dams will not help the situation as there are already enough and that the problem is solely due to the climate.
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Activists set up camp over land issues
Calling for authorities to drop any legal action against villagers for forest encroachment, he said P-Move is overseeing 81 cases of alleged forest encroachment.
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Myanmar must weigh up the extent of its dependence on China
Beijing holds nearly all the cards. But can it navigate Myanmar’s labyrinthine political environment for its own interest, let alone act as a responsible superpower?
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WWF calls for more action to protect endangered animals
Demands more firm action against fishing, forestry, and forest land encroachment crimes in order to protect and preserve rare species of wild animals that are currently under threat
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The BRI in Northern Laos through the prism of continuity
Absence of strategising sustainable domestic development benefits of Chinese megaprojects on part of the Lao government is only exacerbating widening socio-economic inequalities on the ground.