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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...

A recent field mission to Phum Kandal Community Forestry in Cambodia took the Mekong PAD III team through dense semi- and evergreen forest, up steep slopes reaching 500 metres, in heavy rain. A short video from the mission, available here, captures the terrain and conditions the team worked in. It also illustrates why this forest matters. A Community Forest Under Pressure Phum Kandal Community Forestry is a relatively small but e...