Among 14 finalists, four teams won the awards, namely Galaxy Biotech, Green Joy and Refill from Vietnam and CIRAC from Thailand. Each winner received a seed funding of 18,000 USD and will start a 9-month impact acceleration programme.
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Time is up for illegal loggers in protected park
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) will start enforcing the law to arrest perpetrators and seize timber and bulldozers as there is still illegal logging at Preah Vihear province’s Techo Sen Russey Trep Park.
In Vietnam, air pollution a bigger daily threat than Covid-19, as smog envelops Hanoi
Research shows power plants and industrial activities are to blame, as PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc orders review of emissions and action against polluters.
Japan: Withdraw from Coal Power Plant Project in Vietnam
We, the undersigned 128 organizations from 39 countries call upon the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to reverse its decision to provide financing for the Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power plant project in Vietnam.
‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam
The Sanakham dam is one of seven mega-dams that the landlocked country is planning, in defiance of environmental and economic sense.
Active response needed amid more frequent, severe climate-fuelled disasters
it is clear that natural disasters are becoming increasingly fierce, while also unusual and difficult to predict.
Myanmar must boost efforts to eliminate malaria: study
Myanmar needs special strategies to meet its goal of eliminating the mosquito-borne disease malaria by 2030, a recent study has said.
Deciphering the Black Box of Air Pollution Data In Thailand
The causes vary greatly depending on location and dealing with the problem requires to go out of the box, address the real causes and have a portfolio of short-, medium- and long-term actions.
The Inside Story of Thailand and Myanmar’s Troubled Dawei Mega-Project
Thai government remains committed to loaning Bt4.5 billion for Myanmar’s construction of a 139-km road to link Dawei with Kanchanaburi province on the Thai border.
Govt Vows Action After Myanmar Villagers Demand Fertilizer Factory’s Closure Over Pollution
In December 2020, township health officials also urged the villagers to stop using water from the village’s pond because the color of the water in the pond had changed and lotus leaves in the pond had been damaged,