https://www.scmp.com/rss/503287/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Chinese President Xi Jinping first unveiled the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, it was heralded as one of the largest infrastructure development schemes in history. But the globe-spanning strategy, involving up to US$8.5 trillion in investments spread across more than 80 economies, also poses a number of potential environmental impacts and could threaten biodiversity, which is of particular concern for China’s neighbours in Southeast Asia. The region is a global biodiversity hotspot and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3044579/chinas-belt-and-road-environmental-disaster-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3044579/chinas-belt-and-road-environmental-disaster-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:15:08 +0000