Malaysian palm oil companies should try to boost the numbers of barn-owls living in their plantations to tackle a rat problem rather than using snakes or macaques, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board said on…
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More Help For Those With Dementia
KUALA LUMPUR: The Rukun Tetangga, with some 7, 000 members as well as senior citizens associations, will be roped in to assist people with dementia as well as their families, says Hannah Yeoh. The Dep…
7 countries that shook up the world in 2019
As governments all over the world struggled to keep their societies, water resources and forests intact, global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels rose once again—albeit at a slower rate—this …
Malaysian firm eyes waste-to-energy PHL projects
A MALAYSIAN company has pledged to invest up to $2 billion to put up 12 waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities in the Philippines in partnership with Filipino company Integrated Green Technology, Inc. (IGT)…
How rubber farmers can reduce risk and help the environment (commentary)
Since as far back as the early 1990s, Thailand has been the world’s largest exporter of natural rubber, responsible for as much as 35.1 percent of rubber exports in 2016. That year, Thailand globally …
Wind energy in Vietnam: targeting 6 GW of installed wind power capacity by 2030
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has launched a Policy Pulse report on Vietnam, which provides qualitative analysis of the political and macroeconomic headwinds steering the wind power sector and…
Nepal bans single-use plastics near Everest
An increase in climbers ascending Mount Everest is leading to a growing trash problem for the region, leading officials to ban certain single-use plastics and restrict access to the summit. Officials …
Experts urge joint efforts for ASEAN EV market formation, growth
The Korea Herald/ANN – SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island — Despite differences in market characteristics and environment, businesses engaged in electric vehicle developments in Southeast Asia can grow…
Vietnamese researchers repurpose plastic waste with world’s first PET aerogel
Despite being a fairly new material with a little over 100 years of history, plastic has permeated every part of modern life. But plastic’s very strengths – convenience, cost and durability – have pro…
India’s innovators bet the farm to eliminate $30 billion agri-waste danger
For 37-year-old yoga teacher Vidya Paramel, it wasn’t an easy decision to leave her home in New Delhi. But she couldn’t see her 4-year-old boy suffocate, and she refused to hide him away indoors from …