INDONESIA – ‘How can we give them up?’: Sabuai people bring fight to protect sacred forests
Belseran Christ The Jakarta Post Sat, January 16, 2021 Indigenous Sabuai people block heavy equipment to prevent what they claim is illegal logging on their customary land and forest on […]
Vietnam kicks off US$400 million hydropower project
Linh Pham HANOI TIMES Wed, January 13, 2021 Overview of Hoa Binh Hydropower Extension Plant. Source: EVN HANOI – The plant will become one of two largest hydropower plants in […]
CAMBODIA – Endangered status mulled for Kesor Kol
Long Kimmarita THE PHNOM PENH POST Mon, December 21, 2020 There are approximately 500 to 700 different types of wild Kesor Kol plants present in five areas: the Cardamom […]
CAMBODIA – Stern action against illegal harvesting of wild orchids
Tith Kongnov Khmer Times Thu, December 22, 2020 PHNOM PENH – The Ministry of Environment has directed its law enforcement officers and relevant authorities to take stern action against those […]
Malaysia Controversial Sabah dam to go ahead under new state government
BY JULIA CHAN MALAY MAIL Tue, Dec 22, 2020 KOTA KINABALU — The new Sabah government has announced it plans to reimplement the controversial Penampang Kaiduan Dam. The dam was […]
A Cambodian woman ranger risks her life for wildlife
Long Kimmarita THE PHNOM PENH POST, Sun, December 13, 2020 Chhin Phatthavdy is assigned to protection duties in the Preaek Prasab Wildlife Sanctuary. USAID CAMBODIA There are only a […]
Launch of Mekong dam monitor will help lives
Jason Boken / Khmer Times Thu, December 17, 2020 This week the Stimson Center and its partners launched the Mekong Dam Monitor, a near-real-time data platform. It uses remote sensing […]
Laos – the ‘battery’ of Asia and a ticking environmental time bomb
The Thaiger Sun, December 13, 2020 LAOS POWER FACTS: Number of power plants soon to be completed by the end of 2020:53 hydropower plants under construction or in the planning […]
Thai government threaten to boycott new Lao hydro electric dam project
The Thaiger Sun, December 13, 2020 PHOTO: Xayaburi Dam BANGKOK – Loas officials have announced the announcement of yet another Laos hydro electric dam and Thai authorities aren’t happy. The […]
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