Just a decade ago, Kendari was among the filthiest cities in Indonesia. Bins overflowed with bags of mouldy rice, rotting food scraps and plastic bottles. Reeking garbage was burned or left uncollected on the streets for weeks, attracting flies and roaches. But today, the city of half a million people Read more…
The five-year project commenced last year with aid from a $100 million World Bank loan. Benefits of the project include providing water resource information for inclusive decision- making affecting people living by the river and supporting the development of water-related organisations, laws and procedures. “After project design and calling for Read more…
Smoking will soon be banned on 20 popular tourist beaches found to be constantly littered with huge numbers of discarded cigarette butts, according to the chief of marine and coastal resources. The move comes ahead of an international conference on sea waste in Phuket later this month, Thai media reported. Read more…
Announced Oct. 4, the new initiative will raise money to fund waste management and recycling solutions in Southeast Asia, a region that contributes greatly to the global ocean plastics problem. Supporting the effort are the Ocean Conservancy, Trash Free Seas Alliance and Closed Loop Partners. “This is a major breakthrough Read more…
YANGON, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) — As part of its environment protection efforts, Myanmar, a signatory of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, is taking measures targeting the conservation of the eco-system in coastal areas and striving to improve water resources management in the country. Myanmar’s coastal areas of Tanintharyi, Ayeyawaddy Read more…
BANGKOK. 27 September 2017 (NNT) – A mobile phone recycling campaign by the Pollution Control Department (PCD) has gained popularity since it was introduced in July this year. The project is a joint effort between the PCD, Chulalongkorn University, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry Read more…
Sunny Southeast Asia has double the solar energy potential of Northern Europe, but the market hype is not living up to the reality on the ground. Thailand leads and Indonesia lags in a sector direly needed to fight climate change and meet the region’s ballooning energy demands. Sunny Southeast Asia Read more…
An ethanol factory has been ordered to suspend operations after its untreated water allegedly combined with rainwater to flood over 600 homes in Suphan Buri. A downpour on Sunday night appears to have contributed to the collapse of the water treatment pond at the factory, officials said. Read More
Almost all major public construction projects in Beijing will be halted this winter in an effort to improve the city’s notorious air quality, official media said on Sunday, citing the municipal commission of housing and urban-rural development. Road and water projects, and the demolition of housing will be banned from Read more…
In June 1990 when, as a member of a media delegation, I had travelled with then Prime Minister VP Singh to Kuala Lumpur for a multilateral summit, everyone in the Indian delegation was quite impressed with the modern, vibrant look of Malaysia’s capital – its clean wide roads and sidewalks, Read more…