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Development the natural way
Asia focus, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 11/07/2022
» Southeast Asian countries don't have to follow the economic development models of the last century to grow and thrive, say advocates for a nature-based economic model.
Clearer skies
Asia focus, Published on 19/07/2021
» Southeast Asian citizens accustomed to holding their breath in anticipation of toxic haze generated annually by forest fires in Indonesia can expect clearer skies and breezy days this year, say experts who have been monitoring the region's chronic transboundary haze.
Making palm oil more sustainable
Asia focus, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 11/01/2021
» Palm oil has long been a major economic backbone of Southeast Asian economies, notably Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. But the undeniable environmental impact of extensive deforestation, haze and forest fires caused by oil palm plantations has given the industry a bad reputation that has been hard to shake.
Palm oil backlash
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 30/09/2019
» With its palm oil diplomacy in Europe in tatters amid raging forest fires -- many of them set to clear land for palm planting -- Indonesia is working harder to shore up sales in markets such as China and India, while boosting the proportion of palm used in biodiesel at home.
Casino colony
Asia focus, Monileak Ean and Erich Parpart, Published on 26/08/2019
» Cambodia's growing ties with China have made the latter by far the biggest and most influential investor in the country. Chinese money has been pouring in, particularly to the southern coastal city of Sihanoukville where Chinese-run casinos are mushrooming, with many more planned and a lot that also have online gambling operations.
Bracing for the big smoke
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 26/08/2019
» Indonesia is bracing for the possibility of more regional embarrassment and condemnation as authorities battle to extinguish forest fires in more than a thousand hotspots in Sumatra and Kalimantan.