Journalist for Mongabay in Bangkok covering SEA
No longer welcome in Cambodia
Proud cat-dad, sucker for lost causes, keen to know all the fresh hell happening in Southeast Asia and beyond
Gerry Flynn
Communities across northern Thailand are pushing for action from the Thai govt and accountability from the Chinese govt - neither have so far been able to stem the flow of contamination from Myanmar's mining operations to Thai rivers. My latest for @mongabay.com...
Quick & bleak update from me for @mongabay.com - heavy metal contamination from Myanmar's mines has reached the Mekong River.
Thai authorities found arsenic levels ~9 times higher than the safety limit in the Mekong's sediment, suggesting the flow of pollution is spreading through river systems.
Rights groups are renewing calls to free five jailed Mother Nature Cambodia activists, held for 700 days.
Sentenced to up to eight years for environmental defense, their appeals hearing is now delayed indefinitely as global pressure mounts.
@geraldrflynn.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
Arsenic levels in the Salween River are now more than double safety limits, fueled by secretive mining in Myanmar’s Shan state.
Local communities face a growing threat of toxic contamination.
Learn more in this report by @geraldrflynn.bsky.social for #Mongabay. mongabay.cc/Ic1hgS
Latest for @mongabay.com dives into the poisoning of the Salween River, Asia's longest free-flowing river. Unregulated mines in Myanmar have seen arsenic contamination reach dangerous levels on the Salween, leaving Indigenous Karen communities with no fish, no water and no solutions from governments
Cambodian judge indefinitely delays appeals hearing of Mother Nature Cambodia activists due to "personal business" - after five young environmentalists have spent 700+ days in prison. Rights groups stepped up calls for their release ahead of Francophonie Summit in Nov.
My latest for @mongabay.com
NEW on @mongabay.com w. @andyball.bsky.social & @vantha.bsky.social - in Nov 2025, we reported on mining contamination in the O'Ta Bouk River in #Cambodia's Virachey National Park.
In Feb 2026, the government tested the river, but refuses to publish the results, leaving communities in the dark.
In case you missed our first report which seems to have prompted government testing of water, fish and sediment from the O'Ta Bouk River, you can read in full on @mongabay.com here: news.mongabay.com/2025/11/toxi...
As Thailand joins the global AI race, a #Mongabay investigation reveals roughly 20 new data centers under construction.
Local communities warn they are being kept in the dark about threats to water, land, and livelihoods.
A report by @geraldrflynn.bsky.social and Andy Ball.
👉️ mongabay.cc/4IKbuH
Investigative reporter Gerry Flynn @geraldrflynn.bsky.social:
"Remember that you’re likely better to be the cause of informing people and inspiring change if you’re alive and free to write. So while we need to be brave in holding the powerful to account, we need to be smart too."
BANGKOK — More than 600 residents of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces embarked May 31 on a roughly 68-kilometer, six-day ‘peace walk’ to demand the Thai government take action on the river pollutio...
BANGKOK — Thai authorities have found what they described as dangerous levels of arsenic contamination in sediment from the Mekong River and three of its tributaries in the northern provinces of Chian...
BANGKOK — Seven hundred days after activists from the environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia were imprisoned on charges widely regarded as retaliatory for their activism, 73 international and…
MAE HONG SON, Thailand — Saw Si Paw Rak Salween guns the wooden fishing boat’s engine and steers along the river that inspired his family name. He is ethnic Karen — his parents migrated from Myanmar’s...
BANGKOK — Seven hundred days after activists from the environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia were imprisoned on charges widely regarded as retaliatory for their activism, 73 international and Camb...
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Authorities from Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment were dispatched to Mondul Yorn, a small village in the remote northeastern province of Ratanakiri, on Feb. 13 to conduct wate...
*Sources have requested pseudonyms be used to protect their identity out of fear of retaliation from the government or mining companies BANGKOK, Thailand/RATANAKIRI, Cambodia — “When you touch the wat...
In a region where independent environmental journalism is often unwelcome, one Mongabay journalist has made a career of tackling often inconvenient truths while accepting personal risks as a necessary...
