Bhutan is introducing a "sustainable development fee" for regional tourists following a spike in Indian visitors that has sparked worries for the unique Himalayan kingdom's cherished ecology.

"Abandon plastic all ye who enter here," reads a sign at the Pejo 3000 ski resort, which says it is the first in Italy to ban all plastic cups, spoons and straws.

"Some species get hit especially hard by habitat loss because they need specific conditions to complete their life cycle," said Sara Lewis, a biologist at Tufts University in Massachusetts

A pilot environmental project called "Plasticoin" in Uruguay aimed at encouraging plastic recycling in the South American country.

Germans are world leaders in recycling, but one city has decided more needs to be done to protect the environment.

From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometers below the waves, synthetic microfibers spat out by household washing machines are polluting oceans everywhere. 

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and the global protest movement "Fridays for Future" were nominated Thursday for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize by two Swedish lawmakers.

Pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia executive director Burhanuddin Muhtadi said as Jokowi was a technocratic populist, he criticized him for not having an ideological orientation on environmentalism and instead based his policies on pragmatism.

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Instagram she has applied to register her name and that of the Fridays For Future movement she founded in 2018.

Every morning just after dawn, Saada Turkmani wakes up, puts on her bright yellow vest and green hard-hat and walks door-to-door in her Jordan valley village, picking up trash to be recycled.

If you take public transport, cycle or walk in Vienna, you stand to gain more than fresh air and exercise, with the city unveiling an app on Monday to reward car-free travel with free concert and museum tickets.

It is unfortunate that many companies still follow the old principles of business, focused on boosting production in various industries to make commodity exchange faster and faster, and relying on an old and tired recipe for economic growth.

Supercar manufacturer Bugatti, fresh off one of its best years, wants the world to know it has taken environmental concerns to heart even as it prepares a next generation of heart-pounding -- and gas-guzzling -- speed machines.

One in two Australians have donated money to support bushfire relief efforts, a new survey showed over the weekend, with meteorologists warning more hot and dry weather is to return after a heavy rain respite dampened many of the blazes.

Mount Rinjani is a source of livelihood for people who live around it, in addition to serving as an important source of water in Lombok. 

Mahfud said that Jacobson came to Indonesia on a visit visa. However, during his stay in Indonesia, Jacobson used the opportunity to carry out journalism work.

Teenage activist Greta Thunberg on Friday said activists' calls on the corporate and political elite at Davos to seriously fight climate change had been "completely ignored", but vowed not to be subdued by stinging personal criticism from the Trump administration.

Unlike downstream segments such as e-commerce, food delivery, or other consumer-facing platforms, there is unfortunately no unicorn company or clear example of how an ideal agritech company could be a sustainable business and profitable.

The Jakarta administration is back in the spotlight, this time inviting scrutiny over the revitalization of the National Monument (Monas) area in Central Jakarta, which includes uprooting more than 200 trees in the southern part of the complex.

International journalists and agencies have condemned the arrest of American environmental journalist Philip Jacobson, who has been detained in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, for allegedly misusing his residency permit.

Investment in Indonesia’s geothermal energy sector would strengthen the longstanding collaboration between Indonesia and New Zealand, a senior New Zealand diplomat has said. 

Authorities in the Thai capital ordered nearly 450 schools to close on Wednesday as pollution levels reached dangerously unhealthy levels.

Palangkaraya Legal Aid Foundation head Aryo Nugroho, who is representing Jacobson, confirmed that the journalist was currently being held in the Palangkaraya Class II detention center.

The river-dwelling animal has already disappeared from up to 40 percent of its historical range on Australia's east coast due to the drought, land clearing, pollution and building of dams, which fragment their habitat, the researchers said.

The partnership was introduced to reduce poverty, unemployment and discrepancy in forest management and utilization by giving local communities access to legal management.

Malaysia has sent back 150 shipping containers of plastic waste to mostly wealthier nations, with the Southeast Asian country saying Monday it would not be the world's "garbage dump".

Ash spewed by a Philippine volcano is being mixed with plastic waste to make bricks in an inventive response to the country's persistent problems of pollution and frequent natural disasters.

Rehabilitation, including construction of land and water conservation infrastructure, and law enforcement to curb illegal mining and forestry are among the efforts for mitigating future disasters.

British naturalist David Attenborough said the "moment of crisis" had come in the fight against climate change, warning that governments' targets for decades in the future were not enough to save the planet.

Environmentalists have urged against using incinerators as waste-to-energy power plants to tackle garbage problem in cities across the country, saying that they would cause more environmental problems.