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Susi, a 15-year-old rescued orangutan by the community when she was about three years old, holds her 20-day-old baby named Ade at the Kasang Kulim Conservation Institute in Kubang Jaya, Riau on May 22, 2025.
Susi, a 15-year-old rescued orangutan by the community when she was about three years old, holds her 20-day-old baby named Ade at the Kasang Kulim Conservation Institute in Kubang Jaya, Riau on May 22, 2025.
Environment

How did an Indian zoo get Tapanuli orangutan?

An Indian court cleared the 3,500-acre wildlife facility known as Vantara on Monday of allegations including unlawful acquisition of animals and financial wrongdoing.

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Environment

How New York turns millions of pounds of food waste into 'black gold'

Nationwide, food scraps and yard waste are the largest share of household trash, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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Environment

Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island

The routine has been the same ever since the rising tides of Manila Bay began swallowing the island -- a seven-hectare speck of land in danger of sinking completely underwater.

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Pari islanders taking Swiss concrete giant to court over climate

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Bali’s sustainability paradox: From overtourism to net zero

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Environment minister fails to close Batam firm accused of importing electronic waste

Indonesia has ratified the Basel Convention, which bans the border crossing of dangerous and toxic waste, including electronic waste.

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A paradise lost

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How Europe’s deforestation law could change global coffee trade

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Rivers, rituals and rubbish: Can Bali stay beautiful?

Can ecotourism be part of the fix? Yes, if Bali uses the legal framework, community willpower, and tourism revenue.

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Companies

Norway sovereign wealth fund drops Eramet over environmental fears in Indonesia

Managed by the country's central bank Norges Bank and fueled by its vast energy revenues, the fund is the world's biggest, with a value of nearly $2 trillion and investments in more than 8,600 companies across the globe.

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Society premium

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Environment

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Climate resilience is a strategic investment

For emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), investing in resilience is not a luxury, it is an imperative.

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The geopolitical realities of renewable energy

Recent global events have exposed the fragile balance between energy security and sustainability.

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Editorial

No more plastic promises

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Academia

How Muslims are powering environmental action across the world

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Academia premium

The nickel dilemma: A false binary between geopolitical power and a just transition

To promote the nickel-based EV battery industry Indonesia needs to cut bureaucratic layers and channel commitment into action, investing in innovation, building capacity and ensuring readiness for the future.

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Environment

US demand for RVs fuels deforestation in Kalimantan: NGOs

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Companies

A Decade of SFMP 2.0: How APRIL Leads Through Environmental Responsibility

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Europe

Global plastic pollution treaty talks extended in 'haze' of confusion

Talks on striking a global treaty on combating plastic pollution were extended an extra day into Friday but with no clear endgame in sight.

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Europe

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Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.

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Europe

Plastic pollution treaty talks in disarray

Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks Wednesday as dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo.

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Academia premium

The world needs a new economics of water

The world faces an unprecedented water crisis that demands a paradigm shift in how we value and govern our most precious resource.

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Europe

Talks for landmark plastic pollution treaty grind on

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Europe

Momentum sagging at UN plastic pollution treaty talks

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Academia

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