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Laos shrugs as villagers lose farms to dam reservoir

By Lam Le May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

Encountering Cambodia’s biggest irrigation project, but where’s the irrigation?

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit October 11, 2018

Cambodia’s largest and most costly irrigation scheme has failed to irrigate a single hectare, but plans are afoot to double down with an even more expensive project.

1.5 degree ambition demands radical change, UN warns

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit October 8, 2018

It will need fundamental change to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees, but not doing so will cost much more, warns Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Saving Mekong forests must remain a focus for slowing climate change

By October 7, 2018December 18, 2020

As the IPCC readies its Special Report Global Warming at 1.5 °C, world leading scientists warn forest protection is paramount. How will the Mekong Region respond? Ask China.

Paying for forest protection in Vietnam: A boon for forests, but not so much for their protectors

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 26, 2018

Villagers appreciate that the PFES program helps to restore forests. However, they are disappointed that its objective of lifting people out of poverty is still far from being realized.

The origins of Myanmar farming

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 24, 2018

For a nation where 70% of the labour force works in agriculture, we know surprisingly little about how farming came to Myanmar. It is thought that it began in the Irrawaddy valley.

Don’t forget Sombath, says Shui Meng Ng, wife of disappeared Laotian activist

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 24, 2018

The unsolved case of disappeared Laotian development worker Sombath Somphone is brought to light in a documentary that is screening at this year’s FreedomFilmFest in Malaysia

Millions donated for Prey Lang conservation

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 21, 2018

USAID awarded $21 million to improve nature conservation and strengthen sustainable development in the Prey Lang region.

Rising Inequality in Laos

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 17, 2018

Laos is an example of the challenges that many developing nations face in balancing the need for growth and poverty reduction against a seemingly inexorable rise in inequality.

A Damaged Delta

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 17, 2018

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is one of the world’s most at-risk areas from the effects of climate change, posing challenges both for its environment and population in years to come. Photos credit: Luke Duggleby

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