{
  "id": 15702319,
  "title": "Thailand introduced giant mimosa for farming; it spread across over 30% of Mekong floodplains, while waterbird numbers fell 27% at one wetland",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/thailand-introduced-giant-mimosa-for-farming-it-spread-across-over-30",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T03:51:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/thailand-introduced-giant-mimosa-for-farming-it-spread-across-over-30-of-mekong-floodplains-while-waterbird-numbers-fell-27-at-one-wetland-101791795539798.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Introduced to Thailand in 1947 as a farm cover crop, giant mimosa has spread across over 30% of Mekong floodplains and is costly and hard to remove.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}