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UrduSasin School of Management and Zhejiang University, two leading institutions in business education across Asia, have formalized a strategic partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and celebrated the grand opening of the “Zhejiang University School of Management–Sasin School of Management Regional Business Center” in Bangkok.
Tag: Southeast Asia
Mekong Environment Resilience Week: Solutions for Southeast Asia’s Environmental Issues
The Social Research Institute of Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia, and with support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), held the Mekong Environment Resilience Week, celebrating SEI Asia’s 20th anniversary.
Feasibility of agricultural biomass in Southeast Asia for enzymes production
Abstract The agricultural sector in Southeast Asia holds significant importance for the region’s economies, playing a vital role in employment and ensuring food security. Major contributors to this sector include Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia. In fact, the…
World’s New Stream Frog Found in Myanmar: Chula Researcher Indicates Its Ecosystem Is Intact
A biologist from the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University working with researchers from Germany and Myanmar has discovered two of the world’s newest stream frogs in Myanmar highlighting the remaining diversity of ecosystems in Southeast Asia and cautions all those involved of the need to conserve our forests before our valuable wildlife become extinct.
Global solar grid risks solar inequity across developing world
India and the U.K. — in partnership with the World Bank and the International Solar Alliance — have launched a new initiative aimed at creating a solar grid across the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Its goal is…
Orangutan Finding Highlights Need to Protect Habitat
Wild orangutans are known for their ability to survive food shortages, but scientists have made a surprising finding that highlights the need to protect the habitat of these critically endangered primates, which face rapid habitat destruction and threats linked to climate change. Scientists found that the muscle mass of orangutans on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia was significantly lower when less fruit was available. That’s remarkable because orangutans are thought to be especially good at storing and using fat for energy, according a Rutgers-led study in the journal Scientific Reports.
New oil palm map to inform policy and landscape-level planning
A new map of the extent and year of detection of oil palm plantations will help understand trends in oil palm expansion.
Dust Dampens Albedo Effect, Spurs Snowmelt in the Heights of the Himalayas
Dust blowing onto high mountains in the western Himalayas is a bigger factor than previously thought in hastening the melting of snow there, researchers show in a study published Oct. 5 in Nature Climate Change. That’s because dust – lots of it in the Himalayas – absorbs sunlight, heating the snow that surrounds it.