According to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Bangkok has 6.99m² of green space for each person, which is less than the minimum of 9m² recommended by the World Health Organization.
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IFC helps boost green credit in Vietnam
As the country aims to reduce GHG emissions by 9 percent by 2030 to mitigate climate change impact, this presents a 753 billion USD climate-smart investment opportunity for Vietnam between 2016 and 2030, according to the IFC.
Laos to Develop Sustainable Tourism Sites in Champasack
The development of the two parks is part of the National Green Growth Strategy, which was approved by the government in January 2019, with the goal of ensuring development remains sustainable.
Why we should care about fate of the Mekong
An Pich Hatda, chief executive officer of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), highlights the MRC’s new strategic plan, pointing out, among other things, a “need to boost the Mekong River’s ecology” and that “national power generation should be subject to a proper coordination management mechanism, and future plans must consider the full range of viable alternative generation sources that are environmentally friendly, logistically feasible and economically responsible.”
Vietnam’s largest waste-to-energy plant nears completion
Imagine if Hanoi had no place to bury its garbage. How would the huge amount of waste collected every day be handled? Such questions, however, will no longer be a concern, as a plant generating electricity from waste, with a capacity of 4,000 tons a day, will begin operations in the capital in September.
Endangered species are paying the price of COVID-19
For months, we’ve been researching the uptick in logging and poaching, which are gradually emptying out the forests here in Cambodia as well as neighboring Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. And for communities on the edges of wildlife-rich forests, exploiting these resources is increasingly a matter of survival.
Super set to build hybrid power plant
The 2-billion-baht project has an installed power generation capacity of 49 megawatts from an on-ground solar farm, with back-up power from a 1MW biogas-fired power plant and a 136MW-hour energy storage system. It’s claimed to have the largest capacity in Southeast Asia for a hybrid renewable power plant.
Seized timber to make Covid -19 coffins
Authorities seized 1,347 cubic metres of timber in 2020 and 2021. It is estimated that the amount of confiscated wood could make more than 1,000 coffins.
Mekong Delta province prioritises wind energy
Bac Lieu is striving to raise its total capacity of power sources to about 9,780 MW by 2030, of which wind power constitutes 5,000 MW.
Official: Protect rare pitcher plants
A senior environment official called on holidaymakers to Cambodia’s pristine tropical forest tourist destinations to avoid plucking, collecting or breaking vulnerable plant species – especially the exotic carnivorous pitcher plants of the Nepenthes genus – to conserve the beauty and scenic value of nature, and to save populations.