Plastic is now ubiquitous in the Mekong, Asia’s Mother of Rivers, and experts and local people are struggling to contain the risks to human health, biodiversity and livelihoods
Tag: deforestation
Charcoal trade fuels deforestation in northern Myanmar
War, economic challenges, and dwindling markets have pushed traditional tea farmers in northern Shan State into deforestation-linked charcoal production
National park status sought for Cambodia’s largest island
Villagers and environmentalists push for marine park status for country’s largest island as developers eye windfall
Development in Laos risks extensive deforestation
Investigations by experts and journalists show Laos’ roads and railways construction cause extensive deforestation and wildlife cleansing, which can lead to the next pandemic.
Hun Sen’s reforesting plan falls far short of the mark
Research suggests the tactics used in Cambodia usually result in nearly half the replanted trees dying within a decade.
Alternative meat is a good idea, but is it sustainable?
Thailand looking for more sustainable sources of plant protein to make alternative meat more environmentally friendly.
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.
Vietnam’s minorities lose right to farm forests
Traditional slash and burn farming lands ethnic minorities in jail as authorities try to preserve country’s forests.
Indigenous Cambodians stripped of ancestral land
Bunong people’s sacred forest becomes a rubber plantation in another land concession for the government.
Backlash pushes Hun Sen to intervene with forest development
Developers clear protected Phnom Tamao Forest before reversing course after outcry prompts prime minister’s online order.