An idea conceived by the chairman of Prudential Insurance Growth Markets could hasten the end of coal-fired power stations in parts of Southeast Asia. Cambodia is unlikely to play a part as it pursues a programme of electrification across the whole country that is heavily dependent on fossil fuel.
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ADB helps Vietnam improve climate resilience of infrastructure for ethnic minorities
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 60 million USD financing package to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in Vietnam’s south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam, especially in remote upland districts with large ethnic minority communities.
Government must ban imports of plastic scrap
Earlier this year, the government backed away from its commitment to a Plastic Waste Management roadmap, which says that by 2027, 100 percent of plastic waste must be reusable.
Investments to benefit rural farmers against climate change effects
While proponents and naysayers of the climate change debate their ideas over forums and scientific table talks, those who live through its effects can do nothing but suffer from it. The people of Cambodia’s vast Mekong floodplains live through experiences that are nothing but figures and statistics for the academics.
Why farm-raised shrimp are bad for the environment
Shrimp waste ends up becoming a toxin all its own, but add to that the various chemicals and hormones aqua farmers are injecting into their shrimp, and you’ve got an even greater problem.The lengthy and complicated supply chain that brings the majority of shrimp into the West from farms in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand burns an awful lot of fuel. Furthermore, some shrimp farms in Vietnam have been injecting their shrimp with a carboxymethyl cellulose gel to make them plumper. It’s not toxic to humans, but it’s certainly not above board, either. And shrimp farms in Thailand have even been accused of human trafficking, child abuse, and slavery,
Washington gets serious about the Mekong
Outlining a comprehensive action plan for the Mekong River region at a virtual meeting with Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made it clear that Biden sees the area as America’s new strategic “pivot.”
USAID to provide Mekong Delta conservation assistance
Includes support to launch the Mekong Coastal Habitat Conservation project, a new three-year, up to $2.9 million project with the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This project aims to protect key coastal habitats in the Mekong Delta region to increase the sustainability of fisheries, enhance climate change adaptation and improve biodiversity conservation.
Asean formalises Mekong involvement with water security dialogue, as China’s dams come under scrutiny
The inaugural meeting between the bloc and the Mekong River Commission has been hailed as a means of boosting protection of the vital waterway. Asean has not previously discussed issues relating to the river at the regional level, but its fluctuating water levels have put upstream Chinese dams in the spotlight.
Measures sought to control tiger trading, conservation
The People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) on August 24 organised a seminar looking back on the captivity, trading, rescue and conservation of tigers in Vietnam after the recent seizure of 17 tigers in Nghe An province.
New book provides hope for transboundary water cooperation on Mekong
Int’l RBOs are often seen as “powerless” or “toothless” when it comes to difficult decisions like dam building. But MRC Secretariat’s Anoulak Kittikhoun argues otherwise. In his interview with Khmer Times he addresses this & several other questions.