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Laos environment
![Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-08-083800.jpg)
Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with the veteran British journalist and filmmaker Tom Fawthrop.
![Scorched Earth Development in Northern Laos Scorched Earth Development in Northern Laos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-laos-2019-1.jpg)
Scorched Earth Development in Northern Laos
By Scott Ezell
A look at dam, Belt and Road, and SEZ projects in “the battery of Southeast Asia.”
![Can the Land of a Million Elephants Survive the Belt and Road? Can the Land of a Million Elephants Survive the Belt and Road?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_0802170811.jpg)
Can the Land of a Million Elephants Survive the Belt and Road?
By Kearrin Sims and Chrisantha Pinto
Chinese-funded projects in Laos could hasten the eradication of the elephant population.
![Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18205417230912.jpg)
Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last
By Tom Fawthrop
The cost-cutting and lack of oversight that led to the dam's collapse plague other hydropower projects across the country.
![With its Environmental Crisis, Is Laos Missing the Forest for the Trees? With its Environmental Crisis, Is Laos Missing the Forest for the Trees?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-bus_from_vientiane_to_luang_prabang_12236800914-1.jpg)
With its Environmental Crisis, Is Laos Missing the Forest for the Trees?
By Erin Cook
The overall challenge remains vast despite piecemeal efforts to address it.
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