The price of carbon credits must rise drastically if they are to help protect Southeast Asia’s tropical forests against rubber plantation expansion, according to researchers.
Category: Environment
Thailand, Burma and Laos in tri-nation haze battle plan
Thailand will cooperate with Burma and Laos in a campaign against forest fires in Thailand’s north later this month as the three countries brace for the approaching summer haze.
Debate over coal-fired power plant in Karen State heats up
Locals and civil society organisations in Karen State are pushing back against plans for a coal-fired power plant in Hpa-an Township, where the project still has the blessing of the…
The silent climate burn in Chin State
Chin State has suffered particularly erratic rainfall, landslides and floods. But new adaptation programs are aiming to prepare farming communities for future changes in the climate and improve food security.
Mission to restore mangroves in Irrawaddy Delta
Once perfected in Burma, the technology could help other large-scale restoration projects, said WIF’s Lyngdoh.
Factory farming in Asia poses environmental, forced-labour risks: report
The rapid growth of factory farming in Asia for livestock and seafood poses enormous environmental and forced labour risks, in addition to threats to public safety and health, according to…