A new report from Global Witness alleges that exports of sand to Singapore are devastating Cambodia. The press release is as follows:
[REPORT] China’s Environmental NGOs
By Adam Froiran
China’s environmental issues
increasingly command domestic and international attention – what’s the role of
civil society in promoting environmental protection?
[REPORT] Powering Up Rural India
By Florence Au
India is a country of great diversity and
contradictions. In a country of 1.1 billion people, there were 465
million mobile subscribers at the end of September 2009. Yet, in the same
period India also had the largest number of people in the world without access
to electricity. The per capita electricity consumption rate in India is 480Wh/capita in 2005; lower
than the rates of Brazil, Zimbabwe and Mexico, among other developing
countries. In response to this challenge, the Indian government has
launched an ambitious new program to provide electricity to 100% of households
by 2012.
[NEWS] China: Suspend Disastrous Burma Pipeline
Asia Catalyst was proud to sign onto this letter, organized by Burmese NGOs, calling on China to suspend its plans to build oil and gas pipelines in ethnic regions of Burma. Already, the pipeline has caused dislocation, abuses and instability in the region. The press release follows, and more information is available at www.shwe.org.
