Environment and natural resources
Vietnam braces for severe impact of Mekong River’s record low water levels
The Mekong River’s water level during this year’s early flood season, from June to July, is among the lowest on record, according to the Mekong River Commission (MRC), with experts warning of impending consequences on the upcoming dry season in Vietnam. Water levels in the Mekong ...
Waste: A matter that needs to be resolved
When Cambodians discovered there were 83 shipping containers filled with rubbish disguised as recyclable plastic waste shipped from the US and Canada, they were outraged. With waste management already a problem throughout the country, the last thing Cambodia needed was waste from another country. “Cambodia is not ...
Civic groups call for reviews into Mekong River dam projects
Civic groups on Sunday lodged a petition calling for governments of countries along the Mekong River to review upcoming dam projects. The petition was on Sunday submitted to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) by the Mekong Conservation Network in the North during a forum held in ...
Wassayos Ngamkham
Enhancing Environment and Resources Management in Cambodia
Ministry of Environment has disseminated the booklet on the draft of environment and natural resource code, and discussed the Cambodian environmental legal network. Taking place back-to-back, the events were chaired by Environment Secretary of State H.E. Sao Sopheap at the ministry office here in Phnom Penh ...
Impacts of climate change in Vietnam
Vietnam, known for its beaches, rivers, and bustling cities, is considered among countries that are significantly impacted by global climate change. When it comes to geography and demography of Vietnam, the country has a total land area of 329,569 square kilometers and a population of ...
George Stacey
Melting glaciers could destabilize Asia
Hundreds of millions of people across South and Southeast Asia depend on waters that originate in the long-frozen reaches of the Tibetan plateau. Yet, a sobering study shows that the melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled in the last decade. The glaciers have been losing the equivalent ...
Jackson Ewing
Launching submerged forest plantation in Mekong Delta region
The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and Ca Mau provincial People’s Committee co-organised a ceremony to launch a submerged forest plantation campaign in the Mekong Delta provinces. As part of activities to respond to the ...
Aquatic life faces extinction as upstream dams leave Mekong River dry
The Mekong River’s extremely low level of water caused by upstream hydropower dam projects has triggered the death of masses of fish and heightened the risk of mass extinction of aquatic life in the entire Mekong River Basin, environmental experts highlighted on Friday. They said that ...
Hull researchers head to the Mekong to tackle plastic pollution
The Mekong River in Southeast Asia is one of the world’s great waterways, fertile and ecologically diverse with millions relying on it for their food, but it’s increasingly clogged with plastic pollution. To help address the mounting problem, a team of researchers from the University of ...
Thomas Barrett
Dramatic drop in Mekong water level sparks alarm
Mekong River water levels that fell dramatically on Thursday under impact from dam operations will soon recover, says the national water management agency. Somkiat Prajumwong, secretary-general at the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR), offered the reassurance despite warnings from experts that the dams are destroying ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
