Aqueduct Atlas - Available Blue Water
Available blue water (Ba) is the total amount of water available to a catchment before any uses are satisfied. It is calculated as all water flowing into the catchment from upstream catchments minus upstream consumptive use plus runoff in the catchment. ...
Aqueduct Atlas - Available Blue Water
Available blue water (Ba) is the total amount of water available to a catchment before any uses are satisfied. It is calculated as all water flowing into the catchment from upstream catchments minus upstream consumptive use plus runoff in the catchment. ...
Aqueduct Atlas - Available Blue Water
Available blue water (Ba) is the total amount of water available to a catchment before any uses are satisfied. It is calculated as all water flowing into the catchment from upstream catchments minus upstream consumptive use plus runoff in the catchment. ...
US trade treaty to aid Cambodia's TPP ambitions
As Prime Minister Hun Sen attends the US-ASEAN Summit in California on 15 February, government officials are in the midst of ongoing negotiations with their American counterparts to formulate a trade and investment agreement, which analysts say could be a stepping stone towards one day ...
Saying no to illegal wild meat
A traveller kills a wild animal and posts its photo on social media with the caption: “How should I cook this red junglefowl?” Social media posts about hunting and cooking wild animals are becoming popular among young travellers. People might assume that a person who hunts ...
SUWITCHA CHAIYONG
Illegal Thai fishing hauls a possible threat to Woolworths sushi partner's supply
Thailand’s ‘ghost’ fishing fleet may have supplied contaminated seafood to Sushi Izu. Seafood caught by Thailand’s notorious ghost fishing fleet may have contaminated the supply chains of a sushi company operating in more than 165 Woolworths supermarkets. Guardian Australia can reveal that Woolworths and its fresh ...
Rice farmers despair amid low prices
Kneeling and sobbing before a top commerce ministry official, a Phichit farmer appealed to the government on October 30 to help growers suffering from the fall in rice prices to 5,000 baht a tonne, the lowest level in decades. Sanit Kaho, a 63-year-old farmer, held the legs ...
Survey: Thailand’s industrial readiness lagging
Thailand’s industrial readiness score is 2.8 out of 6, according to a new survey, while the ultimate goal is to accelerate the rate to 4 or higher.the first survey report on Thailand’s industry 4.0 readiness in 2023 has been unveiled by the Sustainable Manufacturing Centre ...
The Nation Reporter
Laos banks on new high-speed railway to draw tourists and investment
The men arrived in dark jackets, and The women in fine woven silk skirts. They filed into The gleaming railway station under a red sign that said “Vientiane” in Lao and Chinese. Then They set off. Laotian lawmakers took a test ride on Their country’s first ...
Tan Hui Yee
Cabinet okays B8bn package for sugarcane farmers
The mobile cabinet on Monday greenlighted incentives worth 8 billion baht for sugarcane farmers who agree to cut fresh sugarcane without burning The residue, a move aimed at helping reduce The amount of PM2.5 dust in The 2022/23 harvest year. According to Rudklao Suwankiri, The government’s ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Open Development Mekong publishes a new page on SDG9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure
ASEAN is aware that infrastructure development requires regional cooperation as well as national implementation. The subregion has been working to support such cooperation. The first version of ASEAN’s Master Plan on Connectivity suffered from a lack of funding, so The current plan emphasizes The need ...
Labor policy and administration
Children working with bricks, Cambodia. Photo by Sodanie Chea, take on 6 June 2013. Licensed under CC BY 2.0Cambodia has a total population of slightly over 15 million, most of whom are under the age of 30. An estimated 250,000 people enter the job market ...
Revision for Reuters
Yesterday a Reuters news story, “Insight: ChIna gambles on Cambodia’s shrInkIng forests,” which also ran In today’s Phnom Penh Post and Cambodia Daily, mentioned Open Development Cambodia, and suggested that we are partnerIng with a local advocacy group to track concessions. This is not accurate. Like ...
Global march for decent work
Workers across the globe took to the streets on Wednesday to mark the World Day for Decent Work.In South Africa, the largest union federation, Cosatu, held marches across the country to highlight a number of socioeconomic issues. ...
ioL News Staff
http://mobi.iol.co.za/#!/article/global-march-for-decent-work-1.1926469
Experts strategize on wildlife reintroduction
The pangolin is slow and has no teeth—its main defense is curling up into a ball on The dense forest floor. It’s an easy target for poachers looking to cash in on The mammal’s much-prized meat or The supposed medicinal qualities of The tiny anteater’s ...
Meghan Tribe
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/experts%E2%80%88strategize-on-wildlife-reintroduction-98393/
CNRP, Comfrel call for delay to new voter list
The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) and The opposition CNRP on Sunday called on The National Election Committee (NEC) to suspend its annual update of The voter list until The new bipartisan election committee is created. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-comfrel-call-for-delay-to-new-voter-list-67355/
US urged to save trees
A group of environmental NGOs working to protect the Prey Lang forest called on the US Agency for international Development (USAID) to intervene and protect the region’s resin trees, or they will all be logged within six months, they claimed in a joint-statement issued yesterday. the ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29843/us-urged-to-save-trees/
Hun Sen firm on election reform negotiations
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said his party will stand firm on its position that a simple majority vote in parliament be used to select members of the National Election Committee. His Cambodian People’s Party is in negotiations for electoral reform with the opposition, which ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-firm-on-election-reform-negotiations/1948504.html
Bangkok faces water use limits
Tough water conservation measures for state agencies and households in Bangkok and surrounding areas could be introduced to address the water scarcity crisis. the proposal comes amid criticism the government has forced farmers to bear the burden of the crisis by banning agricultural water use without substantial ...
VP urges justice officials to ensure law enforcement
Vice President Phankham Viphavanh yesterday advised the justice sector to strictly implement the country’s laws in a bid to ensure justice for all members of society. He made the comment at the national justice sector meeting which took place from January 28-29 at the international Cooperation ...
Times Reporters