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Environment

Wildlife trade body rejects new eel protections

The vote came at a meeting of signatories to the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a 50-year agreement protecting the world's most endangered animals and plants, and regulating trade in 36,000 species.

6 hours ago
Environment

What did countries agree to at COP30?

In a win for developing countries at COP30, the final agreement "calls for efforts to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035."  ...

4 days ago
Environment

New tech could help COP30's Amazon rainforest protection goals

Using drones to survey land that can be hard to access, a company harnesses AI and other tech to analyze which areas would yield the best returns from restoration in terms of biodiversity, climate and local communities. ...

5 days ago

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Environment premium

Protester fighting for life after France clashes: prosecutor

A protester with trauma to the head was fighting for his life on Sunday following clashes with police during a demonstration over water storage facilities in France.

2 years ago
Editorial

Sustainable with ESG

Unless the enforcement of existing laws is not strengthened to build up a stronger GCG system within the business sector, even the omnibus law on job creation may be rendered less effective to boost investment.

2 years ago
Europe

A scorched southwestern France braces itself for fires to come

As France frets about an extended drought and prospects for more wildfires in another long summer, one blaze that erupted eight months ago in the southwest of the country still smoulders away underground.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Good governance integral to green financing West Papua development

Creating an endowment fund for West Papua to develop with a sustainability focus must begin with foundational good governance at its inception.

2 years ago
Europe

EU ban on fossil fuels cars not on summit agenda: German official

The EU's planned ban on new combustion engines from 2035 is not on the agenda of the upcoming EU summit but talks between the European Commission and Berlin about their differences over the plan are "very constructive", a German government official said.

2 years ago
Society

Fears for orangutans, dolphins as Jakarta presses on with new capital

Just outside Indonesia's planned new capital on Kalimantan island, an orangutan catches a banana with one hand, thrown by a conservationist on a boat, while her other hand clings to a tree branch.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Iraq fashionistas champion climate-friendly vintage wear

In a palm grove north of Baghdad, bemused Iraqi shepherds looked on as models paraded second-hand garments down an improvised catwalk.

2 years ago
Archipelago premium

Three years on, the food estate fails to deliver: study

Three years since the food estate was launched by the government, the program has yet to produce satisfactory results despite sacrificing peatlands and forests in Central Kalimantan, Pantau Gambut's latest study says.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Water warning: Economic stability threatened by vanishing rainfall

Human activities - from destroying forests to burning gas, oil and coal for energy - are disrupting the rainfall the world depends on, fueling huge economic, health and social stability threats, scientists and economists warned on Friday.

2 years ago
Environment premium

The battle to save Cambodia's river dolphins from extinction

The thrilling sight of Irrawaddy dolphins may soon be no more than a memory, as numbers of the endangered mammals dwindle despite efforts to preserve them.

2 years ago
Society

Journalists, environmentalists slam Batang Toru discussion disruption in Jakarta

Press rights groups and environmentalists have condemned an attempt to disrupt a media discussion on the Tapanuli orangutan and Batang Toru ecosystem on Thursday, calling it an affront to journalistic freedom and safety.

2 years ago
Archipelago

Martabe gold mine operator aims to rehabilitate 4.7 ha of land

The operator of the mining site, located in Batang Toru district in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, aims to rehabilitate 4.7 hectares of mining sites this year by scattering seed balls of fast-growing plants.

2 years ago
Archipelago

Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot cloud

The volcano located in Yogyakarta and Central Java erupted around 12 p.m local time (0500 GMT) and a lava flow of 1.5 km was observed, the local authority said.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Dwarf elephants? Giant rats? Strange island creatures at high risk

A dwarf elephant the size of a Shetland pony once roamed the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. In the West Indies, a giant rat-like rodent tipped the scales at more than 400 pounds (180 kg), rivaling an American black bear.

2 years ago
Editorial

What to do about Plumpang

Many are questioning how residential areas could have been constructed so close to such dangerous facilities.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: study

Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Dozens sick in Philippine villages hit by oil spill

Diesel fuel and thick oil from the vessel have contaminated the waters and beaches of nine municipalities along the coast of Oriental Mindoro province.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Germany angers EU after putting brakes on fossil fuel car ban

Berlin has upset EU partners by blocking a milestone agreement to ban new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035.

2 years ago
Society premium

3.8m hectares of peatland at high risk of fire

Up to 3.8 million hectares of peatland areas are at high risk from being burned, as peatland-restoration efforts are overshadowed by lackluster fire mitigation and weak law enforcement, according to environmental coalition Pantau Gambut

2 years ago
Academia premium

Informal waste collectors, the unsung heroes of Indonesia’s waste management

Integrating informal waste collectors into the country's waste management industry will generate a host of societal, environmental and economic benefits, not least for waste pickers, who are generally left to fend for themselves without either social security or legal identification.

2 years ago
Academia premium

One’s greed, indifference can lead to collective disasters

The key phrase is self-sufficiency as a nation and community, which must be able to live sustainably within its own biosphere, without isolating itself from the global community.

2 years ago
Academia premium

The importance and challenges of airports in capital cities

The economic impact of airport development on the surrounding regions is often not considered during planning. 

2 years ago
Environment

War-weary Yemenis fell trees for fuel, cash

The sound of an electric saw rips through a lush mountain landscape in southern Yemen, where years of conflict and soaring prices have left people desperate for fuel and income.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Dow said it would recycle our shoes. We found them for sale in Indonesia

There they were: a pair of blue Nike running shoes with a tracking device hidden in one of the soles.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Incoming World Bank chief faces tests before he gets to climate

Ajay Banga, US President Joe Biden's pick to run the World Bank, will face a tough slate of issues around the institution's finances and capital structure from the get-go, thorny problems he must address as he reshapes the bank into a force for combating climate change on top of its traditional role as a poverty fighter.

2 years ago
Regulations premium

99 coal plants to kick off carbon trading in Indonesia

Indonesia is nearing the completion of a national carbon-trading mechanism, but for the measure to be effective, the country needs to begin tightening emissions quotas for coal-fired power plants, an expert says.

2 years ago
Academia

Taking a five-step approach to decarbonization in a downturn

Leading companies have stepped up their physical risks analytics and adapted their strategy, operations, and supply chain.

2 years ago
People

When men won't 'get dirty', Nicaraguan women dig for cockles

Every few days, they leave home at dawn to row about two kilometers (1.2 miles) in a fishing boat to the mangroves, where they crawl through gnarly branches knee-deep in mud, digging for the delicacy by hand.

2 years ago
Environment

Jakarta's effort to increase participation in vehicle emissions test pt. 2

Although the governor of Jakarta has issued a regulation obligating vehicles to undergo emissions tests, its full implementation still requires a comprehensive plan from various policymakers. This is part two of a two-part story.

2 years ago
Academia

Many Indonesians still misunderstand climate change – so how can we change this?

Despite the country’s good progress in addressing climate change, two recent surveys have shown many Indonesians do not understand climate change or its causes.

2 years ago
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