HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Bach Ma and Con Dao National Parks have been nominated to become the 54th and 55th Asean Heritage Parks at the 33rd Asean Senior Officials Meeting on the Environment, being held in Cambodia from Oct 3-7.
The cabinet on Tuesday approved a Natural Resources and Environment Ministry motion proposing three more national parks seek Asean Heritage Park listing, said deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul.
Shy, slow-moving and mainly nocturnal. They live in forests and grasslands, finding tree hollows or digging deep burrows to sleep and rest in. And when threatened, they curl up into a ball, their tough and thick scales acting as armour to protect their soft bellies. Meet the pangolin: a unique,…
Birds travel thousands of kilometers across oceans and continents to escape the cold winter and move to warmer areas in search of food for survival and to breed. In the Philippines, this natural phenomenon happens between the months of September to April when flocks of birds start arriving in September. …
Making biodiversity an integral part of economic and development strategy can bring a return on investment in economic, social and environmental terms. Southeast Asia, home to at least 60% of the world's tropical peatlands, 42% of all mangroves and 15% of tropical forests, has huge potential to capitalise such investments.