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Award ceremony for ASEAN plastic pollution innovation challenge

By Nantiya January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

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.

Cryptocurrencies Impacting The Environment

By Nantiya January 3, 2021January 5, 2021

Bitcoin mining has already picked up in Southeast Asia, with Cambodia increasingly becoming a hub for cryptocurrency trading and mining perhaps due to its cheaper rent and electricity rates and loose regulations.

Spotlight on the right to a healthy environment in Southeast Asia

By Claudia Ituarte-Lima December 29, 2020February 5, 2021

A new report from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, shows how countries in Southeast Asia are recognising the right to a healthy environment in their laws, policies, and courts.

Korea, ASEAN agree to launch working-level dialogue on environment, climate change

By Nantiya December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

South Korea is the third partner after Japan and the European Union to have such a dialogue channel on the environment and climate change with the 10-member ASEAN.

A Spotlight on the Right to a Healthy Environment in Southeast Asia

By AvatarNantiya December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

Human rights and environmental conservation are inseparable – and the nations of Southeast Asia should treat them as such.

ASEAN Urged to Treat the Environment as a Human Rights Issue

By Nantiya December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

Southeast Asian countries rank among the worst in the world for forest loss, climate-related disasters, and air pollution.

Starving In A Pandemic

By Nantiya December 2, 2020December 2, 2020

Despite the Cambodian government working towards ensuring a continuous operation of supply chains, food security is affected by lack of safety income-net for these Mekong delta inhabitants who are at the mercy of natural events and weather.

ASEAN members agree to promote circular economy

By Nantiya August 27, 2019

International govt representatives and private sectors across SE Asia vowed to address the resource constraints by focusing on “resource maximisation”.

Saving the environment with circular fashion

By Nantiya August 19, 2019

High levels of consumption mean a high level of waste. The younger generation is demanding that companies work towards sustainable products and a transparent value chain.

ASEAN forges cooperation in agriculture, forestry

By Nantiya August 6, 2019

They exchanged experience in models of rural and agricultural development, response to climate change and international economic integration.

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