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Thai forest rangers find themselves outgunned when tackling poachers
The country is a key transit point for smugglers moving on to Vietnam and China, two of the world’s biggest markets for parts from endangered and protected species.
Did the Rohingya crisis snuff out foreign direct investments in Myanmar?
The European Union is considering imposing sanctions which may debilitate the fragile Myanmar economy.
Vietnam faces challenges in ensuring water security
Vietnam now has about 830-840 billion cubic metres of surface water, some 63 percent of which originates in neighbouring countries upstream.
Loss of wetlands could be devastating: experts
Wetlands are still being systematically destroyed in the Mekong River region despite wide international consensus that it is humanity’s best chance to avert a climate apocalypse.
What’s Behind China’s Belt and Road ‘Smart Power’ Push in Southeast Asia?
The presence and mobility of the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asian countries plays a large role in China’s BRI success.
Poor and isolated, Myanmar backs into a China debt trap
Myanmar’s parliament hopes China will accept repayment of its debts in rice, but payback will more likely come through deep-reaching economic concessions
Khai: A gift from the Ou River
A cascade of dams is changing the river’s ecology and threatening riverweed – a traditional source of food in northern Laos
UK-Thailand research yields rice progress
The researchers are helping to make rice production more resilient to the growing risks of climate change, ensuring it will continue to play its vital role as a staple food in both Thailand and the region.
Bank report says 2.6 billion baht financial loss so far from smog in and around Bangkok
The smog problem has been compounded by climate change, said the report as it recommended that agencies concerned must attach importance to the problem and makes assessments of its impacts on various aspects.