Southeast Asia’s modern-day plague
Deforestation is a major problem with Indonesia leading the charts for forests clearing, followed by other hotspots such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
Environmental design requirements are not integrated in BRI project cycles, the consequences of which Southeast Asians are sure to pay dearly for in the years to come.
We look at a few examples of what might be called Earth's "zero-sum" dilemma in the 21st century.
It is estimated that 25 percent of the global freshwater catch is harvested from this river.
In the last 44 year between 1970 to 2014, the average population size of wildlife has declined 60 percent.
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 on life under water targets a 10 percent share of protected marine areas by 2020.
Overfishing occurs when fish are netted at a more rapid rate than they can reproduce.