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Farmers tap into sustainable rubber industry
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» By the light of a head torch, Wanida Hityim deftly strips bark from a rubber tree, collecting the milky latex as she explains why she is among a small number of Thai farmers trying to work more sustainably.
Only known albino orangutan released back into the wild
AFP, Published on 21/12/2018
» JAKARTA: The world’s only known albino orangutan has been released back into the jungle more than a year after she was found emaciated and bloody in a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian NGO said Friday.
Rubber farms stretched as US-China trade war saps demand
AFP, Published on 25/11/2018
» They work in the pre-dawn gloom tapping trees for the "white gold" that has made their country the world's top rubber producer -- but as prices plunge due to the US-China trade war, farmers are giving up the sap.
Parched fields force Thailand to look beyond rice
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» Thailand has long served as one of the globe's main rice bowls, but chronic water shortages are pushing the country to move away from a grain that dominates its fields and has defined a way of life for generations.
Myanmar's 'old man's land' seeks new lease of life
AFP, Published on 15/05/2013
» They call it "Old Man's Land" -- ravaged by conflict and economic deprivation, Myanmar's southeast Mon state is a place bereft of its young, who have flooded overseas in search of work.