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.
Tag: rubber
Business weekly 17 April 2015
In business this week: Burma’s widening trade deficit; new food and drug regulations; raising the quality of Burma’s rubber exports.
Thailand losing ASEAN fight for China trade
Thailand will lose billions in the Chinese market to Cambodia, Laos, Burma and Vietnam over the next five years due to their better labour competency and higher manufacturing quality.
Bullet Points
Bullet Points: bringing you today’s news with Helen Regan.
Expansion of military forces citizens off land
Apr 21, 2009 (DVB), Fertile farmland is being confiscated by the government and converted to army barracks, outposts and training sites as Burma's military increases in size, says a report…
Demand for rubber leads to land confiscation and food shortages
Apr 11, 2009 (DVB), China's insatiable hunger for rubber has led to land confiscation and forced labour in eastern Burma as the ruling junta look to increase exports to its…