🪨 Renowned for their unique biodiversity, Karst landscapes are now threatened due to the proliferation of cement factories hungry for limestone, all to feed Cambodia's hopes for booming infrastructure development.🖊️By Nehru Pry Earth Journalism Network 🔗bit.ly/3M2eHQt

Weekly News Digest | 13 August 2024 | (campaign-archive.com) 🚧 Cambodia breaks ground on a China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost' 📃 EVN asked to provide renewable energy project documents for investigation ...and more.

⛵In Viet Nam's Mekong Delta, major floating markets are disappearing as road transport became significantly more convenient and recent embankment projects have hindered traditional ways of trade. STORY & PHOTOS: Kiều Mai Read the story: mekongeye.com

🪨As #Cambodia tries to #cement its future, the cost is the limestone mountains called karsts and the ecosystems they contain. Visit mekongeye.com

🌊Efforts to conserve rivers and mangroves in southern #Myanmar came to a standstill when activists fled the country in fear for their safety. 👁️The responsibility now falls on those who remain, although they face intense surveillance from the military. 🔗mekongeye.com/2024/08/26/pat…

Weekly News Digest | 27 August 2024 | us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=fd0ac74ee9e… 🌪 Equinor halts Vietnam offshore wind plans, to close Hanoi office; 🌊 Thailand warns against severe floods that killed 22; 💲Lagging Wages Hurting Myanmar’s Garment Workers and Undermining the Industry; and more.

#Cambodia - Despite #climate and #gender progressive strategies on paper, the reality is different. There remains a significant gap in implementation due to women’s limited roles in the political sphere. By Sameang Chea 🔗mekongeye.com/2024/08/29/cam…

#CAMBODIA - An economic land concession granted in 2018 has failed to deliver development and prosperity to local communities, who are now facing unexpected eviction.🛖🛖By Danielle Keeton-Olsen and Meng Kroypunlok 🔗mekongeye.com/2024/09/02/elc…

#Cambodia - Residents around the area of the proposed Lower Srepok 3 hydropower #dam fear losing their homes and land to the project, while the amount of compensation and a relocation plan have yet to be clarified. 🖊️By Keat Soriththeavy 🔗mekongeye.com/2024/09/09/low…

Weekly News Digest | 10 September 2024 (campaign-archive.com) ⛏️Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest; 🌪️Vietnamese residents share 'terrifying' experiences after super typhoon Yagi hits; ...and more.

🌪️Typhoon Yagi damaged some of the ancient buildings at the world-famous Bagan World Heritage Site in #Myanmar. 🛕Experts say the damage was not done by a single event, but by the slow onset of extreme weather conditions. By Tun Lin Aung Earth Journalism Network 🔗mekongeye.com/2024/09/22/bag…

Weekly News Digest | 24 September 2024 | (campaign-archive.com) 💢Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests; 🚧Myanmar's civil war threatens key China trade route; 🌏Inside the US push to steer Vietnam's subsea cable plans away from China; and more.