Natural Disasters

Twelve years after Asia tsunami, 400 bodies unidentified in Thailand

At least 400 victims of Asia's 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years on, police said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
26/12/2016
Reuters
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Natural Disasters, Tsunami, Thailand
Fisheries

Climate change 'threatens Thai fight against illegal fishing'

Climate change threatens to undermine Thailand's efforts to combat illegal fishing and avoid a potential European Union ban on exports by the multi-billion dollar seafood industry, environmental gr

Publication Date: 
29/11/2016
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Fisheries, Thailand, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Illegal Trade, Andaman Sea
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Comparing multiple model-derived aerosol optical properties to collocated ground-based and satellite measurements

Anthropogenic aerosols are a key factor governing Earth’s climate, and play a central role in human-caused climate change. However, because of aerosols’ complex physical, optical, and dynamical properties, aerosols are one of the most uncertain aspects of climate modeling. Fortunately, aerosol measurement networks over the past few decades have led to the establishment of long-term observations for numerous locations worldwide.

Publication Date: 
17/10/2016
Ilissa B. Ocko, Paul A. Ginoux
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
1-35
Tags:
Aerosols, Climate, Atmosphere, Biomass Burning, Brazil, Zambia, Thailand, Solar Radiation, Remote Sensing, Air Pollution
Wildlife

In transition: Bangkok’s ivory market

Surveys by TRAFFIC have found a huge fall in the amount of ivory openly for sale in Thailand’s Bangkok markets over the past two years from a high of 7,421 ivory items in 2014 to just 283 products by June this year – a 96 per cent drop.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2016
Kanitha Krishnasamy, Tom Milliken, Chution Savini
TRAFFIC
Tags:
Elephant, Wildlife Trade, Thailand, Wildlife, Illegal Trade
Health

High-level commission on health employment and economic growth - Final Report of the Expert Group

The advent of the Sustainable Development Goal era, in the context of new threats and instabilities to peoples worldwide, offers an ambitious agenda for revitalizing political commitments to human well-being—for future generations as well as our own.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2016
World Health Organization
Tags:
Health Personnel, Economic Development, Health Education, India, Private Sector, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, Public Sector, Primary Health Care, Health For All, Conflicts, Global, Media, Migration
Climate Change

Too few banks in Asia Pacific looking at climate change risk

Asia Pacific’s financial institutions have begun to factor climate risks and opportunities into their activities, but they have a long way to go before they can fully unlock the multi-trillion doll

Publication Date: 
06/09/2016
Eco Business
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, Banks and Banking, Asia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Floods, Sea Level Rise
Wildlife

Alert! Southeast Asia's Indochinese Leopards Nearing Brink of Extinction

A new study revealed that Indochinese leopards in Southeast Asia are dwindling in number, with less than 1,000 individuals, adding another big cat in the brink of extinction.

Publication Date: 
05/09/2016
Nature World News
Tags:
Wildlife, Leopard, Endangered Species, Asia, Thailand, Cambodia
Health

NTD and NCD Co-morbidities: The example of Dengue fever

Recent findings of paradoxically high endemicity of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) among populations living in the Group of 20 (G20) countries could portend high rates of these diseases among patients with underlying non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with resultant co-morbidities.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
25/08/2016
Priyanka Mehta, Peter J. Hotez
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
1-5
Tags:
Dengue, Tropical Diseases, Non Communicable Diseases, India, South Asia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil, South America, Diabetes, Heart Diseases
Energy

Cow Poop as Fuel Source? Village in Thailand Harnesses Unconventional Energy Source

Villagers in Thailand are using an unlikely alternative source of energy: cow poop.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2016
Nature World News
Tags:
Energy, Waste To Energy, Thailand, Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels, Solar Energy
Industry

Sustainability reporting growing in Asean, but quality lags

Sustainability reporting has taken a stronghold among Southeast Asia’s corporate giants, but they have a long way to go in improving the quality of their reports, new research has found.

Publication Date: 
25/07/2016
Eco Business
Tags:
Industry, Asia, Sustainable Development, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

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