The governors of Bangkok and nearby provinces would limit the time of construction, the use of vehicles in congested urban zones and the activities that would create smoke.
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Opportunity for Cambodia to set example of environmental sustainability
Cambodia could be an example of how human development can go hand in hand with environmental sustainability. This was revealed in the latest UNDP 2020 Human Development Report (HDR).
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Cambodia faces plastic woes
Cambodia have expressed concern over the growing amount of plastic waste in Cambodia’s waterways, as many fishermen are now complaining that they have caught more rubbish than fish over the past five years.
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Myanmar Vows to Slash Carbon Emissions by Hundreds of Millions of Tonnes
The plan aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by over 243 million tonnes by increasing the share of renewable energy to 39 percent and reducing net emissions from the forestry sector by 25 percent.
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Rare species losing habitats
BirdLife International Cambodia Programme has expressed concern about the presence of humans that are possibly disrupting the nesting of lesser adjutant storks in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary in Ratanakkiri province.
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Natural disasters cause people to flee Mekong Delta
The fear of natural disasters has caused more than 1.3 million people living in the Mekong Delta to migrate to HCMC and elsewhere.
Posted inStory / Mekong
Mekong monitoring adds to US-China tensions
China welcomes constructive suggestions from countries outside the region on the development and utilization of water resources by countries in the region. But we firmly oppose malicious moves to drive a wedge between us.”
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Gov’t, Laos-China Railway sign development MoU
To develop areas surrounding railway stations in the capital and Oudomxay, Vientiane and Luang Prabang provinces, with the aim of fostering industry and logistics.
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Endangered crane absent from Vietnam’s Ramsar site
The cranes usually descend on the park from December to May, southern Vietnam’s dry season, to forage and mate prior to the onset of rainy, flood-prone weather. But in recent years, the story has changed.
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First Mekong Delta Economic Report debuts
Mekong Delta’s contributions to the gross domestic product have fallen strongly over the past three decades because it only focuses on agriculture and rice production to ensure national food security instead of switching to sectors with higher productivity.