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Melia Bali awarded top EarthCheck rank

By: Megan Gell Posted: June-10-2011 in
Megan Gell

Resort attains regional-first platinum certification following 10-year commitment

Melia Bali was recently awarded Platinum Certification by EarthCheck – the first venue in Asia to receive this and one of just five worldwide. CEI Asia speaks to Melia Bali general manager Jim Boyles about the landmark achievement:

How has the local community been impacted?

On the prowl for answers

By: Tate Zandstra Posted: May-10-2011 in
Tate Zandstra

A journalist hunts for the extinct Javan tiger, while the Sumatran tiger struggles to avoid the same fate.

“I remember the Java situation because it raised a lot of interest, and many more questions than answers."

A cup of sweet coffee steams in conservationist Deb Martyr's hand and a cool, early morning breeze carrying the fresh scent of the jungle blows into her living room in Sumatra's Kerinci Seblat National Park.

“The alleged victim,” Martyr continued, "was unknown, and very few women go climbing volcanoes alone, even in Java.”

Million tons of swill-cooked oil back on table

By: Zuo Likun Posted: February-26-2011 in
Zuo Likun

Although there are no statistics regarding the extent, recycling dirty cooking oil is also a problem in Vietnam. In January 2010, Vietnamese media reported that recycled oil was discovered being manufactured and sold in Vietnam.

Air pollution in BKK found at critical level

By: Surapan Laotharanarit Posted: February-02-2011 in
Surapan Laotharanarit

BANGKOK, 2 February 2011 (NNT) – The Pollution Control Department has reported that air pollution within Bangkok has reached a critical level while a pollution reduction plan will be drawn to tackle the problem.

Foreingers issue wake-up call by cleaning city streets

By: Thanh Nien Posted: September-27-2010 in
Thanh Nien

Edward William Lippett collects trash from under a flyover in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City every morning at 6 a.m., not bothered by comments that he is crazy for doing a job that he’s not paid for.

For more than two years, the 65-year-old African American goes out every morning with a broom, gloves and a wheelbarrow. He started with a short road from his home and has lengthened it every day, now reaching five kilometers.

He puts the garbage on his wheelbarrow and pushes it home, before opening his pho shop.

Laos speeds up construction of power plants

By: Mouth To Source Posted: August-10-2010 in
Mouth To Source

Following the 3rd MRC Regional Stakeholder Forum on Basin Development Plan at MRC headquarters in Vientiane where the overall consensus appeared to be a slowdown in decision making processes allowing better representation and participation of community stakeholders this tit-bit caught my eye… from Vietnam Plus.

General Director of the Electricity of Laos (EDL) Khammani Inthirath has said at a press briefing that the country will build at least two hydro power plants every year until 2020.

Community Groups Unite to Protect Cambodia’s Fishery and Forestry Sectors

By: Véronique Salze-Lozac’h and Khut Inserey Posted: August-07-2010 in
Véronique Salze-Lozac’h and Khut Inserey

Just months ago, Choeung would never have dreamt of speaking in public. If told that he would speak in front of more than 300 people, including high-ranking officials, several deputy governors from seven provinces, and an under secretary of state, he would have laughed at such a good joke, and his fellow fishermen would have as well.

Cambodia: Kingdom of Water - World Water Day 2010

By: Paul Stewart Posted: March-22-2010 in
Paul Stewart

Today is World Water Day 2010, and looking back at previous World Water Day slogans, they seem very familiar in the context of Cambodia.

World Water Day in 2009 highlighted issues of trans-boundary water. In northeastern Cambodia communities are today struggling with hydropower issues in the 3S’s (Sesan, Srepok and Sekong) river basin.

In 2008, World Water Day was dedicated to sanitation, which is an all-too-well known issue in Cambodia. In 2007, the world awareness day was dedicated to water scarcity.

Currently, upper-Mekong river nations are experiencing their most severe drought in decades along the upper stretches in Thailand, Laos, Burma, and China.

The drought is not expected to finish until May at the earliest with the onset of the rainy season. In China’s worst affected provinces, Yunnan and Guizhou, it was reported that an estimated 16 million acres of farmland and 20 million people are suffering from water shortages.

Finally, way back in 2006, World Water Day celebrated the links between Water and Culture. The sacred waters of the Ganges spring to mind and its religious significance for Hindus. Angkor Wat also comes to mind, particularly as an example of the control of water and the abundance it can produce.

And Cambodia today faces the same issues that it’s ancient ancestors had no powers to deal with in the past.

Tafika arrives at the EOP

By: EOP Posted: October-07-2009 in
EOP

Tafika (meaning ‘to arrive’) is the newest elephant to join the Elephant Orphanage Project in Kafue National Park. He was rescued on the 19th August 2009 when he became isolated from his herd having fallen into a village long-drop pit! Thanks to the quick response of Rachel McRobb, the South Luangwa Conservation Society and ZAWA Officers Tafika was hauled out and transported locally to the Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust (and wildlife rehabilitation facility), run by Steve and Anna Tolan, where his initial care was provided.

Perseid Meteor Shower to Yield 80 Meteors an Hour

By: Ann Minard Posted: August-11-2009 in
Ann Minard

The Perseid meteor shower will have to fight it out with a bright moon for visibility this year, but astronomers are still predicting a dazzling show.

From any vantage point in the world, you might see more than 80 meteors an hour streak across the sky during the best viewing time, when the moon's glare will be weakest—late Tuesday night and into the wee hours of Wednesday, local cloud and lighting conditions permitting.

The highest concentration of Perseid meteors hitting Earth's atmosphere will occur during Wednesday afternoon, when they'll be largely invisible.

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