Letter to 92 Deputies representing the 13 Mekong Delta provinces in the National Assembly: urgent public consultation needed on PetroVietnam’s involvement in the Luang Prabang Dam in Laos due to potential impacts on the delta’s 20 million inhabitants.
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By 2100, Thailand’s population will have dropped by over 32% to 46 million with an increasingly aged society.
Thailand faces a host of interrelated challenges facing amidst dramatically changing demographics.
UK funds $2.6 million to help save Vietnam deltas
Objectives include more equitable livelihoods, sustainable landscape management, stronger local and regional monitoring toward sustainable development, and better local and national policies for delta sustainability.
Laos to export 20,000 MW of electricity by 2030
During this period, the Thai government expects to import about 9,000MW, Cambodia about 6,000MW, Vietnam about 5,000MW, Myanmar about 300MW and Malaysia about 300MW.
Air pollution costs Vietnam at least 10.8 billion USD each year
Coal-fired power plants, cement and steel production facilities, construction activities and the burning of stubble, are also responsible for a large proportion of urban air pollution, he added.
CSOs to send an open letter to Chinese President for total shutdown of Myitsone Dam Project
Requesting a total cancellation of the project as it threaten peace across the country, including Kachin State and hampers “Paukphaw” relation between Myanmar and China.
China’s Xi visits Myanmar to drive home Belt and Road plan
The future of a suspended, Beijing-backed mega-dam in northern Kachin state threatens to overshadow Xi’s visit.
‘Land of Cats’ a biodiversity powerhouse – for now
A not little known landscape of mountains and jungles the size of Cambodia straddling Thailand and Myanmar contains one-fifth of the world’s cat species now are hanging on for survival.