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A week of high-level consultations in Phnom Penh has opened the second phase of an Australian-funded program to help Mekong cities use nature to manage flooding, heat and water insecurity. As Phnom Penh grows, many of the lakes and wetlands that once absorbed its monsoon rains are disappearing. Streets flood more often, neighbourhoods grow hotter, and water becomes less reliable for the households that...

Hin Nam No National Park sits deep in the Annamite Mountains of central Lao PDR. Its 94,121 hectares of karst forest, river valleys, and cave systems make up the country’s first natural World Heritage Site, and connect directly across the border to Viet Nam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park to form Southeast Asia’s first transboundary natural World Heritage Site. The landscape is under significant pressure. HNN has a ...

Beneath the forest canopy of Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand’s largest national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, wild elephants and endangered hornbills share a shrinking landscape with communities like Pa Deng Tai village whose livelihoods depend on the same forest ecosystems that climate change is threatening. In May 2026, a field mission to scope opportunities to set up a foundation to strengthen protected area man...