Natural Resources

Today is La’s farewell after his 25 years with Oxfam to help improve the livelihoods of communities he worked with. La Chhuon started his work with Oxfam in 1993 when he was a counterpart working for…

Kerlan is a human rights defender. He joint “Lakbayan”, which signifies a long journey for him and some national minorities of the Philippines, especially those from his region, who traveled about 2…

A river protector goes against the flow in CambodiaOn a recent trip to northern Cambodia, I met a man on a red motorbike, toiling along a muddy road in the rain. He was gathering villagers for a…

“I am 47 years old now. I’ve spent 46 years living by and growing with the River. Since I relocated here last year… I miss my old village… I miss the River… I used to always row the boat along the…

The silent and awkward moments at the beginning of the workshop this week didn’t last long and within 30 minutes of the start, the room began to fill with laughter and even light-hearted…

The Cambodian Ministry of Environment (MoE), together with Oxfam and partner, Development Partnership in Action (DPA), organized the final consultation workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment…

“Stop them, they used illegal fishing tools.” These are the voices of community fishery members shouting louder at the illegal fishermen during the crackdown happened in one of the deep…

Rachel Jolly is the First Secretary for Development Cooperation at the Australian Embassy in Vientiane, Lao PDR and she is also the manager of the DFAT funded Australia Greater Mekong Water Resources…

I was greatly motivated by the strong commitments from 30 participants to promote women and youth participation at the end of Oxfam-led session at the Greater Mekong Forum 2016.  The Greater…

All I can say about the amount of information and knowledge generated by so many professionals in this region… is that I wish my brain had a bigger memory space!  Though I could fill the…