In addition to keeping the concession away from fires, illegal logging to encroachment, the concession owner needs to restore the forest into its original ecosystem. 

The captain and first mate of a freighter that crashed into a coral reef off Mauritius, unleashing the Indian Ocean archipelago's worst environmental disaster, were sentenced to 20 months in jail.

Indonesia is starting to reap more economic benefits as it implements circular economy principles, although the country still has a lot of room to improve its waste collection and management, a ministry official has said.

With hundreds of mountain gorillas in residence, the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is a conservation triumph. But this resurgence is not without consequences.

Nepal’s largest stupa, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in Tibetan Buddhism, was festooned with biodegradable prayer flags after devotees replaced the synthetic ones with a greener alternative. 

With Arctic sea ice shrinking at record levels due to global warming, killer whales move further north and risk creating an "ecological imbalance" by preying on endangered species.

Consumed worldwide, eel is particularly popular in Asia, and perhaps nowhere more so than Japan, where it has been eaten on the archipelago for thousands of years.

Russian activists welcomed a move by President Vladimir Putin to close a legal loophole that allowed the capture of sea creatures, particularly whales, for aquariums and other venues.

In Indonesia, which lacks proper waste management infrastructure, most waste goes into landfills and/or ends up in our oceans, harming the environment.

Civil groups say the government should renew the moratorium on oil palm plantations following the recent Constitutional Court ruling against the controversial Job Creation Law, which the government had sought to use in resolving issues arising from the expired moratorium.

Toads are a symbol of prosperity and good fortune in Taiwan, but the unexpected discovery of an invasive species has officials and environmentalists scrambling to contain their spread.

Jakarta International Stadium is hoped to be a boon for health, environment and economy.

As Asia's third-biggest economy grows, India's hunger for coal is mounting, with aspirational middle classes needing electricity to run their air conditioners and refrigerators. 

With sea ice melting, the king of the Arctic may be changing its diet.

This is how democracy works in contemporary Indonesia, where the opposition, hence the checks and balances mechanism, is not functioning. 

Global cooperation is required in order to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, to enhance an inclusive and sustainable economic recovery, and to protect and regenerate nature. 

An environment ministerial regulation dated 2019 aims to cut consumer waste by 30 percent and marine plastic debris by 70 percent by 2025, but the mandatory policy doesn't have a detailed provision on sanctions for offending or recalcitrant businesses.

Foreign tourists have been welcomed back to India after pandemic travel bans but intrepid travellers will have to brave the intense pollution season to visit Taj Mahal.

Around 20 million people have joined what China's government terms a "new farmer" movement, some of whom have millions of social media followers as they post on their lifestyles.

Gathering a handful of what looks like string beans, the man, a batik craftsman, heads home to make natural dye from them.

"I have five children, and we all depend on camel milk to survive," said Elmi, passing the pot to one of his sons, who took a swig of the rich brew.

In the medieval Turkish city of Mardin, a herd of cream-coloured donkeys begins its day job collecting rubbish before relaxing to classical music in the evenings.

A recent study by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) stated that, without aggressive effort, around 25 percent of the capital area will be submerged in 2050.

Every year, an estimated 300 cheetah cubs are trafficked through Somaliland to wealthy buyers in the Middle East seeking exotic pets.

Deep-seated inequalities between the Global North and South shape each country’s path of survivability in this era of multidimensional crises, with some winning first and others lagging behind. 

One of India's holiest rivers was coated with toxic foam on Monday, adding to the woes of New Delhi residents already enduring a blanket of thick smog over the capital.

The fin whale, weighing around 15 tonnes, apparently beached itself after getting injured, a rare phenomenon in the area.

Environmental activists have expressed disappointment over Indonesian officials’ criticism of a global pledge to end deforestation by 2030 made at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, the United Kingdom.

More than 40 countries pledged to eliminate coal use within decades during the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, which aims to cap the warming of Earth since the Industrial Revolution to between 1.5 and 2.0 degrees Celsius.

Tens of thousands came to Glasgow Saturday as part of worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a failure of crunch UN climate talks to act fast enough to tame global warming.