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Thẻ: Southeast Asia
Large-scale illegal trade in hundreds of wild-collected ornamental plants in Southeast Asia
Date:September 14, 2015
Source:National University of Singapore
Sciencedaily – Southeast Asia is a widely recognised centre of illegal wildlife trade — both as the source region for species ranging from seahorses to tigers, and as a global consumer of ivory carvings, wild pets, and traditional Chinese medicinal products.
While there are mounting efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade, including within Singapore to reduce demand for wildlife products, the illegal trade in some species still remains undocumented.
Associate Professor Edward L. Webb, from the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and NUS PhD graduate Dr Jacob Phelps, have uncovered a previously little recognised Southeast Asian wildlife trade — the illegal sale of wild-collected ornamental plants, especially orchids.
Their findings were recently published in the journal Biological Conservation in June 2015.
Uncovering the “invisible” orchid trade
The researchers conducted extensive surveys of wildlife markets across Thailand, including border markets with Laos and Myanmar, and identified more than 400 species of ornamental plants in illegal trade — species widely prized by plant enthusiasts for their beauty, fragrance and/or rarity. Over 80% of these plants traded at the markets are wild orchids. Some of these were even listed in published literature as threatened. Tiếp tục đọc “Large-scale illegal trade in hundreds of wild-collected ornamental plants in Southeast Asia”
Vietnam labor productivity still far behind ASEAN countries: ministry
Thanh Nien News
Thursday, August 27, 2015 20:21
Workers at a footwear factory in Vietnam. Photo: Diep Duc Minh
Vietnam’s labor productivity has managed to narrow its gaps with other Southeast Asian countries, but it will be decades long before the country can catch up with them, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam labor productivity still far behind ASEAN countries: ministry”
CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP, Aug. 27, 2015
CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP
The SIT-REP gives you links to all of CSIS Southeast Asia’s (@SoutheastAsiaDC) best updates and programs in a five minute read. This issue includes a report on the future of the U.S.-Philippine alliance, analysis of some challenges facing Myanmar ahead of its elections, profiles of two of Indonesia’s newest cabinet members, and much more. Links will take you to the full publications, multimedia, or to registration for upcoming programs when available. To jump to a section, select one of the following: Tiếp tục đọc “CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP, Aug. 27, 2015”
Mất dần cánh đồng Đông Nam Á
TP – Hàng trăm cây số bờ sông và bờ biển ĐBSCL đang bị sạt lở nghiêm trọng, mỗi năm cuốn trôi hàng trăm, thậm chí hàng nghìn héc-ta đất. Đang mất dần nơi được mệnh danh cánh đồng Đông Nam Á, hằng năm sản xuất 24-25 triệu tấn lúa (xuất khẩu 6-8 triệu tấn gạo) và 1,2 triệu tấn cá tra, 500.000 tấn tôm chủ yếu chế biến xuất khẩu.
Đê biển bị sóng đánh tan ở huyện Duyên Hải, tỉnh Trà Vinh. Ảnh: Sáu Nghệ
Như thường lệ, sáng sớm, cậu học sinh lớp 5 Đinh Hoàng Hưng đạp xe trên đường Võ Tánh dọc bờ sông Cần Thơ để đến trường. Con đường thuộc phường Lê Bình (Cái Răng, Cần Thơ) mới được tráng nhựa, nhảy nhót ánh bình minh cùng chợ nổi Cái Răng kề bên. Đột ngột, con đường rùng mình nứt gãy và tụt xuống. Tiếp tục đọc “Mất dần cánh đồng Đông Nam Á”
Calm and storm: The South China Sea after the Second World War
AMTI – In the early hours of 4 February 1945 two Australian commandos, Alex Chew and Bill Jinkins, paddled away from an American submarine, the USS Pargo, and landed on Woody Island in the Paracels. In the weeks beforehand, American airmen had reported seeing a French tricolour flying on the island and ‘Z Force’ had been tasked to investigate. Chew and Jinkins discovered there were indeed French people on the island but also Japanese sailors and so retreated to the sub. The Pargo surfaced and shelled the buildings for several minutes. The first ‘Battle of the Paracels’ was a one-sided affair.[1] Tiếp tục đọc “Calm and storm: The South China Sea after the Second World War”
CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP, Aug 13, 2015
CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP
The SIT-REP gives you links to all of CSIS Southeast Asia’s (@SoutheastAsiaDC) best updates and programs in a five minute read. This issue includes recommendations for U.S. policymakers to grapple with the South China Sea, a series of blog posts on Myanmar’s roiling politics, a profile of one of Malaysia foremost moderate Islamic leaders, and much more. Links will take you to the full publications, multimedia, or to registration for upcoming programs when available. To jump to a section, select one of the following: Tiếp tục đọc “CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP, Aug 13, 2015”
Southeast Asia’s Real Security Concern
by cogitASIA Staff • July 31, 2015
By Zachary Abuza
A drought in the middle of monsoon season brought on by the El Niño effect has affected farmers across Southeast Asia, hampering economic growth and exacerbating political tensions between urban elites and farmers. Though rains have recently begun, reservoirs are at such low levels that they will not be refilled in a shortened season with average rainfall. A record level of paddy has gone unplanted, and where the fall crop has been planted, seedlings have withered in parched paddy. Tiếp tục đọc “Southeast Asia’s Real Security Concern”
CSIS: Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – Aug 6, 2015
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CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP, July 30, 2015
CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP
The SIT-REP gives you links to all of CSIS Southeast Asia’s (@SoutheastAsiaDC) best updates and programs in a five minute read. This issue includes extensive South China Sea coverage, a look at Singapore’s pivotal upcoming elections, a podcast discussion of developments in the Philippines, and much more. Links will take you to the full publications, multimedia, or to registration for upcoming programs when available. To jump to a section, select one of the following:
- Commentaries on the South China Sea
- CogitAsia articles covering Singapore, the South China Sea, and Vietnam
- CogitAsia Podcast discussing China, and the Philippines
- Recent Programs on the EU in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea
Đòn bẩy hạ tầng Trung Quốc – 3 bài
LTS: Ngay tại khu vực Đông Nam Á, khu vực Tiểu vùng sông Mekong… vấn đề xây dựng hạ tầng của Trung Quốc đặt ra những thách thức về mặt chiến lược đối với các quốc gia. Pháp Luật Thành phốHCM khởi đăng loạt bài “Đòn bẩy hạ tầng Trung Quốc” nhằm cung cấp độc giả cái nhìn toàn cảnh về “những con đường chiến lược” của chính quyền Bắc Kinh tại khu vực tiểu vùng sông Mekong nói riêng và châu Á nói chung.
Trung Quốc đầu tư sâu và rộng hệ thống giao thông tại 5 quốc gia GMS. Ảnh: EFR
The case for connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia
A new opportunity for South Asia–Southeast Asia integration
Asiapathways – adbi – The time is ripe for enhancing economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia. The new “normal” era of slow growth in advanced industrial economies following the global financial crisis suggests that Asian economies will need to rely more on domestic and regional demand to secure inclusive growth. The recent slowdown in growth in the People’s Republic of China suggests further grounds for tapping growth opportunities between South Asia and Southeast Asia. The move toward an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 and beyond will provide for a large and more integrated market with notable purchasing power and scale economies. This will facilitate the deepening of foreign direct investment-driven production networks and strengthen the role of ASEAN as a conductor of Asian regional integration. Tiếp tục đọc “The case for connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia”
CSIS: Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – July 23, 2015
The Dual Policy Challenge of the South China Sea
By Gregory Poling (@GregPoling), Fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies (@SoutheastAsiaDC), CSIS
July 23, 2015
CSIS hosted its fifth annual South China Sea conference on July 21. The event garnered more interest and a considerably larger audience—both in CSIS’s at-capacity conference room and online—than its four predecessors. Interest in the conference reflected the wider discussion on the South China Sea among policy communities in Washington and around the Asia Pacific—discussions that have risen to the top of the strategic agenda in many capitals. Tiếp tục đọc “CSIS: Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – July 23, 2015”
Why Southeast Asia’s Refugee Crisis Matters
Thediplomat – For summer and fall 2015, The Diplomat presents “Southeast Asia: Refugees in Crisis,” a series of exclusive articles from scholars and practitioners tackling Southeast Asia’s ongoing refugee crisis. Launched with the help of former ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan and designed with the assistance of students from Harvard University and Oxford University, the series aims to give the readers a sense of the various dimensions of this complex issue.
In our first piece, former ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan and The Diplomat’s associate editor Prashanth Parameswaran launch the series with a framing article on the issue.
In May 2015, thousands of Rohingya refugees from the Rakhine State of Myanmar and economic migrants from Bangladesh were found stranded in the Strait of Malacca off the coast of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. This was the start of the latest round of Southeast Asia’s refugee crisis. The image of the overcrowded, shabby boats full of people – haunted and hungry, faced with dwindling supplies of food and water – seized the world’s attention. Tiếp tục đọc “Why Southeast Asia’s Refugee Crisis Matters”
CSIS: Southeast Asia SIT-REP – July 17, 2015
CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP
The SIT-REP gives you links to all of CSIS Southeast Asia’s (@SoutheastAsiaDC) best updates and programs in a five minute read. This issue includes a guide to the political maelstrom taking place in Malaysia, a historic policy speech by Vietnam’s Communist Party general secretary, CSIS’s fifth annual South China Sea conference, and much more. Links will take you to the full publications, multimedia, or to registration for upcoming programs when available. To jump to a section, select one of the following: Tiếp tục đọc “CSIS: Southeast Asia SIT-REP – July 17, 2015”
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