The Yunnan-based company has been criticised as secretive as some question whether it is equipped to run such a project
Main photo: The entrance to Namjin village seen on March 6 (Photo- Chan Thar/ Myanmar Now)
One day in late 2018, residents of Namjin, Kachin state, noticed drones fixed with…
Namgyal Durbuk knows the steep mountainous terrain of Ladakh like the back of his hand. But in the 45 years he has lived here, along the Indian state’s volatile and poorly defined border with neighbouring China, he has watched Indian land disappear before his eyes.
“The Indian government is lying…
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Chinese tech giant Tencent is creating a “smart city” that utilises technology to put people and the environment first, a model that could be applied to other urban developments after the coronavirus, the project’s architect said on Wednesday.
Net City will be…
Since the coronavirus pandemic battered China's economy, tens of millions of urban and factory jobs have evaporated.
Some workers and business owners have banded together to pressure companies or local governments for subsidies and payouts.
But many of the newly unemployed have instead returned to…
Fitch Ratings-Hong Kong-06 May 2020: China's new policy granting greater autonomy to provincial-level governments over land conversions and farmland acquisitions will assist fiscal and economic performance in the medium to long term, via increased governance efficiency of land management on the…
China’s leadership of global biodiversity talks has seen greater emphasis on tackling environmental crises using natural solutions
Nature-Based Solutions, or NBS, are actions to protect and sustainably manage natural ecosystems, a crucial element in rising to numerous social and environmental…
Muchos proyectos de recuperación de la selva amazónica han fracasado por no plantar los árboles en el orden adecuado. El proceso puede tardar más de cien años. Pero primero, tiene que tomarse la decisión de hacerlo.
El cineasta alemán Wim Wenders dedicó un documental en 2014 a Sebastião…
PEQUIM (Reuters) - A China está aumentando seus esforços para incentivar os pequenos agricultores a retomar a produção de suínos, disse uma autoridade do Ministério da Agricultura nesta terça-feira (17), em meio à crescente pressão para aumentar o suprimento de carne suína depois que um surto de…
Based on Chinese law, individuals cannot claim land ownership. In rural regions, most land is owned collectively, while in urban areas, by the state.
China's 560 million rural residents, taking up around 40 percent of the country's total population, contract land for a fixed period of time –…
Em todo o mundo, as comunidades estão lutando para defender suas terras, ar, água, florestas e seus meios de subsistência de projetos prejudiciais e atividades extrativistas com fortes impactos ambientais e sociais: mineração, represas, plantações de árvores, fracking, queima de gás, incineradores…
A China irá estabelecer 66,67 milhões de hectares em terras de alta qualidade para agricultura até 2022, para impulsionar a produção de grãos e garantir a segurança alimentar do país, disse a televisão estatal nesta quinta-feira, citando informações do governo.
O governo chinês também deverá…
Um melhor gerenciamento das fazendas e florestas do mundo pode contribuir com até um terço dos cortes de emissões necessários para evitar mudanças climáticas devastadoras, disse nesta segunda-feira (21) uma equipe internacional de cientistas.
Eles afirmaram que países como Brasil, China e…