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Special Economic Zone plan for Trat province raises concerns of pollution, loss of coastal livelihoods

22 September 2018
MekongCommons
Pollution and waste / Special economic zones
Fishing / local livelihoods / mangrove forest / SEZ / Trat province

In 2015, the Government of Thailand launched a plan that designates 10 border provinces as “Special Economic Zones (SEZs)”. Trat, situated adjacent to Cambodia, is one of the 10. The border corridor already supports duty-free retail, crypto casinos on the Cambodian side, and cross-border freight ...

 Phurinat Chotiwan

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