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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.

3 weeks ago
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.

1 month ago
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.

1 month ago

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Environment

China heat wave pushes up prices as hens lay fewer eggs

Scorching temperatures in eastern China have pushed up egg prices because hens are laying fewer in a hotter-than-usual summer.

3 years ago
Academia

Indonesian leadership in challenging times

Action on climate change is an international environmental imperative but it is also an economic opportunity.

3 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Indonesia calls for more G20 action on climate change

The call came at a one-day meeting on the resort island of Bali, at the end of a month in which more than 1,000 people died in Pakistan from flooding blamed on climate change and a crippling drought exacerbated by a record heat wave spread across half of China.

3 years ago
Community

Women in Indian village take fight for access to water into their own hands

For Suraj Prajapati, a mother of two who lives in the arid northern Indian state of Rajasthan, fighting for access to clean drinking water at her doorstep required extraordinary measures.

3 years ago
Jakarta premium

Jakarta struggles as climate change disrupts water balance

Jakartans — especially those living in areas unreached by the city’s pipe network — are still struggling to access clean potable water as scientists predict that climate change will disrupt water balance and a harsher El Niño can potentially spell problems for the city’s water resources.

3 years ago
Environment

California set to ban fossil fuel cars by 2035

All new cars sold in California by 2035 will have to be zero emission under plans set to be adopted by the state this week.

3 years ago
Environment premium

Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave on record

A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heatwave has spread across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan Plateau.

3 years ago
Markets

Whistle blows in Germany for world's first hydrogen train fleet

A fleet of 14 trains provided by French industrial giant Alstom to the German state Lower Saxony will replace the diesel locomotives on the 100 kilometers of track connecting the cities of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude near Hamburg.

3 years ago
Economy premium

Coal far from ‘dead’: prices to remain high, IPO still lucrative

Coal will still become one of Indonesia’s key growth drivers in years to come, despite a steady shift to renewable energy, as the ‘black gold’ commodity prices are poised to remain elevated due to robust demand amid supply disruptions.

3 years ago
Community premium

'We are divided': lake upends life for tiny Kenyan tribe

Three years ago, Kenya's Lake Turkana started rising dramatically, lapping at the El Molo's dome-shaped huts draped in dry fish, then pushing inland, forcing villagers to higher ground.

3 years ago
Environment premium

Women of Sangihe island lead the battle against mining exploitation

The women of North Sulawesi’s Sangihe Island stand on the frontlines in battles against corporations aiming to exploit their homeland.

3 years ago
Europe

Fear for future after mass die-off of fish in Poland's Oder river

As Widuchowa's residents searched for tools to remove the lifeless bodies from the the river, the government began crisis response that many scientists say came too late.

3 years ago
Environment premium

Are eco-friendly bricks the future of Indonesia's building material?

Eco-friendly building materials can be a solution to minimize plastic waste, but challenges, including costly production, persist.

3 years ago
Environment premium

Iraq's Garden of Eden now 'like a desert'

The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq's swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and low rainfall, as well as reduced water flows along rivers and tributaries originating in neighbouring Turkey and Iran.

3 years ago
Academia

Preparing secure cloud environment in the digital new norm

From the bottom up, the architecture should include security modules of different layers, so that companies can build trustworthy data security solutions on the cloud layer by layer.

3 years ago
Academia premium

Where are we in climate-resilient PPP infrastructure projects?

Incorporating a comprehensive framework on climate resilience, including instruments for adaptation and risk mitigation, can drive public-private partnerships in developing climate-resilient infrastructure so we get it right the first time.

3 years ago
Academia premium

Lessons on conservation from the Long March 5B debris

According to Article 9 of the OST 1967, state parties shall avoid any harmful contamination of the Earth's environment. 

3 years ago
Environment premium

Ice Age footprints shed light on North America’s early humans

Footprints laid down by Ice Age hunter-gatherers and recently discovered in a United States desert are shedding new light on North America's earliest human inhabitants.

3 years ago
Environment premium

Kurdish Iraqi farmer sprouts online advice, green awareness

Kurdish Iraqi farmer Azad Muhamad has become a social media star by sharing tips on growing fresh fruit and vegetables in the sun-parched country that is highly vulnerable to climate change.

3 years ago
Environment

‘Little hope’ of saving stranded beluga whale in Seine

Hopes of saving a malnourished beluga whale that had swum up the Seine River were fading on Sunday as rescuers said they were in a race against the clock to find a solution.

3 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Parts of Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years

The recovery in the central and northern stretches of the UNESCO world heritage-listed reef contrasted with the southern region, where there was a loss of coral cover due to crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks, the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) said in its annual report.

3 years ago
Environment

Baby boom: the endangered wildlife revival at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

The melodic songs from families of endangered monkeys ring out over the jungle near Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex -- a sign of ecological rejuvenation decades after hunting decimated wildlife at the site.

3 years ago
Environment

Iguanas reproducing on Galapagos island century after disappearing

A land iguana that disappeared more than a century ago from one of the Galapagos Islands is reproducing naturally following its reintroduction there, Ecuador's environment ministry announced Monday.

3 years ago
Archipelago premium

Govt. prepares against forest fires as dry season peaks

As this year’s dry season starts to approach its peak, the government is preparing prevention measures to keep land and forest fires under control in a bid to prevent massive fires that could cause trans-boundary haze.

3 years ago
Environment

France struggles with drought over punishing summer of heat

Communities across France are struggling with a severe drought that has seen an unprecedented number of regions affected by water restrictions this summer.

3 years ago
Academia premium

Innovative solution to the perennial waste problem

Solving Jakarta’s waste problem will require the identification of new technology partners and funding sources, as well as a legal and political climate that is conducive to international investments.

3 years ago
Academia premium

The dark future of conservation and tourism in Komodo park

UNESCO has warned of the potential hazard of mass tourism as the government planned to bring in 500,000 visitors inside the Komodo National Park once pandemic restrictions are loosened.

3 years ago
Environment premium

Why shark encounters are increasing along the US East Coast

Sun lotion, insect repellant, and the Sharktivity app are this summer's must-have beach accessories along the US East Coast as human-shark encounters increase. 

3 years ago
Environment premium

Wild tiger numbers higher than previously thought

There are 40 percent more tigers in the wild than previously thought, but with a maximum of 5,578 on the prowl, they remain an endangered species, conservationists said Thursday.

3 years ago
Environment premium

'Shocking' report lists devastation to Australia wildlife

Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday.

3 years ago