This report, “International Labour Migration in a Changing Climate”, provides insights from Malaysia and Thailand on how, and in what contexts, international labour migration can be a viable adaptation strategy to climate change. The report provides experiences and perspectives of migrant workers, employers and government representatives on the topic. This …
A study was undertaken with an aim to investigate community perceptions towards conservation and management of the Openbill in Pailom and Ampuvararam Temple Wildlife Non-Hunting Area located in the Samkhoke district of Pathum Thani province of Thailand.
Secondary succession in tropical areas following recent human disturbances is becoming more common. This is particularly evident in regions of tropical rainforests, long valued by conservationists for their remarkable species diversity. In Southeast Asia, as in the neotropics, central Africa and South Asia, tropical forests have been logged for timber, …
This publication takes a broad look at several dimensions of carbon trading. It analyses the problems arising from the emerging global carbon market pertaining to the environment, social justice and human rights, and investigates climate mitigation alternatives. It provides a short history of carbon trading and discusses a number of …
The privatisation of Thailand's Electricity Generating Authority (egat) has been a bone of contention for the Thai government. Recently, the Supreme Administrative Court (sac) of Thailand ordered a temporary halt to egat's initial public offer (ipo) while deliberating a suit filed by a federation of consumers. The suit called for …
Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's recent pursuit of the controversial deal to stock a safari park in Thailand with African animals has again fueled a long standing controversy. Reportedly, up to 135 animals might be involved in exchange for Thai technical assistance. Also a donation of around us $490,000 million …
bacco off the shelf: Thailand has taken a strong step against tobacco sales in the country. They ordered vendors in September to remove all cigarettes from display or risk a US $50,000 fine. Activists say cigarette packets are also effectively an advertisement and so should be hidden from view. sa …
• A new reality television series is teaching Britain's "most wasteful families' how to live simpler, greener lives. Each week, the BBC's, No waste like home looks over a different family's house. It then suggests techniques for cutting down on their ecological footprints. Despite early rave reviews from within the …
Thailand's anti-tobacco lobby is on the verge of smoking out the display of cigarette packets in retail shops across the country. d-day is September 24, 2005 when cigarette packets will be banished completely from the public eye, hidden away in cupboards, only to be offered when smokers seek their nicotine …
The tropical monsoon rhythm for over centuries obviously occasioned the development of water works which facilitated wet rice cultivation in pre-modern Southeast Asia. The small-scale water works, purely an outcome of local initiative which survived for many centuries and outlived the state, were developed in the dry zone of Irrawaddy …
• Thailand has proposed that it will ban all alcohol advertising, outraging media executives who say the ban would hurt the industry and do little to curb alcohol abuse. • At least three coal trains owned by the New Zealand government-owned solid energy corporation have been stopped from reaching Lyttelton …
India is facing stiff competition from Pakistan, Thailand and even USA for the long-grain basmati-type rices but we may have monopoly in small and medium-grained scented rices like kalanamak. Since most of the high quality scented rices in international market are long grained, small grained high quality scented rice like …
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is a global biodiversity hotspot and contains a number of "Global 200 ecoregions' identified globally by WWF. Much of the area, especially along the Greater Annamite Mountains, is biologically unexplored. The climate, geology and ecology of the six GMS countries are very similar. The countries …
Before paper, palm leaf or Ola was the most popular material used for writing and painting in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand and Indonesia. In India, they have been used for more than 2,000 years. Scribes recorded much of India's literary and scientific heritage on these, etching letters carefully into the …
Thailand's major fishing operators are driving a tough bargain for fuel price cutback. They recently rejected the government's offer to let them buy subsidised "purple fuel', which went on sale on April 10, 2005. Meant for small fisherfolk, this fuel is being sold at about two baht (us $0.05) less …
indian researchers have discovered liver disease patients of Kolkata infected with a few new strains of hepatitis c virus (hcv) closely resembling varieties prevalent in countries such as Thailand, America and Nepal. The scientists also found that various types of hcv are fast evolving in acute and chronic liver patients …
Negotiations logjam at global biodiversity meetthe world has a long way to go before an agreement is reached on how to share the benefits of biological resources. This was proved at the meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (cbd) on February 14-18 in Thailand's capital Bangkok. Though it was …
leaves of pandan plant (Pandanus amaryllifolius) are an integral part of traditional cooking in south east Asia. They are used to flavour preparations ranging from rice to chicken to sweet dishes. A team of Indian and Thai scientists has now found a wild variety of the plant in 24-Parganas district …
Another species has fallen to bird flu. Thai authorities have decided to kill 80 tigers in the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi province to contain the disease. Thirty tigers in the zoo have already died. More than 400 tigers there were regularly fed raw chicken that could have carried the …
