Stories - Page 49
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Cambodia accelerates fight against single-use plastics
Four months ago Cambodia unveiled plans to ban single-use plastics. Could it work? Five years ago a decree to penalize people for not managing urban garbage and solid waste has largely been ignored.
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Lao Villagers Lose Farmland to Chinese Banana Grower
When the plans for the banana plantation were revealed, several of the families refused to sell. They were taken to the local police station to be “reeducated,” according to one of the affected villagers.
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Myanmar shorebirds get four-fold expansion in protected wetland
The extension of the Gulf of Mottama Ramsar site is a major step forward in wetland conservation in Myanmar and Southeast Asia as a whole at It protects a vast area of coastline from harmful development.
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Myanmar to face power shortages as emergency plants miss deadlines
Several VPower-backed power plants designed to reduce Myanmar’s power blackouts this summer have missed the government’s deadline, implying that the country is still short of 1070MW of energy than originally planned.
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Effects of COVID-19 ripple through fisheries sector
The adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt in Vietnam’s fisheries sector, with export value falling 30 percent year-on-year in March.
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NGO voices concern about Myanmar, regional migrants affected by COVID-19 scare
Migrants in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) are among the most vulnerable to the present upheaval, given their limited access to healthcare, lack of job security and precarious immigration status.
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Narcotics Chief Reports Heroin Production Rising in Golden Triangle
Seizures of heroin from the Golden Triangle areas along Chiang Rai’s Myanmar-Laos border, have been rising every year. Mr Niyom said drug producers use China, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand as a base to transport shipments.
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Ministry proposes exempting charges for granting rights to exploit water resources
Plan to exemptcharges on businesses for granting rights to exploit water resources for half a year, estimated at 600 billion VND (over 25 million USD), or for a year.
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Xayabouri Dam and drought are exposing the Mekong riverbed downstream
Satellite images suggest testing operations on the Mekong’s newest mainstream dam is holding water and exposing downstream stretches on the Thai/Lao border.