Asia Indonesia has not imposed tough enough penalties for plantation fires September 26, 2019 0 Indonesia has not imposed serious enough penalties on pulpwood and palm oil firms that had large fires on their... Read more
Deforestation Prompted by Amazon fires, 230 investors warn firms linked to deforestation September 24, 2019 0 Until now, President Jair Bolsonaro has largely gone his own way, ignoring the concerns of international governments and NGOs... Read more
Climate Gabon will become the first African nation to be paid to preserve its forests September 23, 2019 0 Gabon will become the first African nation to receive funding to preserve its rainforests to mitigate the effects of... Read more
Animal Orangutan found injured in apparent escape from site of hydropower project September 21, 2019 0 A severely injured and malnourished orangutan has been rescued from a plantation near a Sumatra forest where a hydropower... Read more
Asia Kok: Malaysian companies won’t be protected if Indonesian forest fire claims are true September 20, 2019 0 The government will not protect the four Malaysian companies alleged to have caused the forest fires in Indonesia if... Read more
Environment Three benefits of Indonesia’s permanent ban on forest clearance August 18, 2019 0 Five years ago, Indonesia was considered one of the world's worst forest destroyers. But a permanent moratorium on new... Read more
Australia Two ferns presumed extinct found on remote Australian mountaintops July 27, 2019 0 One of the ferns, Hymenophyllum whitei, was first recorded by botanist Cyril Tenison White in 1937 on Thornton Peak,... Read more
Asia Are ENGOs Accusing Shell of Greenwashing in Sarawak? July 14, 2019 0 The Sarawak Post printed an article recently about a new programme for the Malaysian State of Sarawak. The occasion was held to... Read more
Climate Protecting environment not only European ‘interest’: Brazil July 3, 2019 0 Brazil’s foreign minister said Tuesday that protecting the environment “is not only a European interest” after France said it... Read more
Climate Random passersby forced to work on farms in North Korea June 25, 2019 0 North Korea’s severe drought has led to a myriad of agricultural issues and the country is now in the... Read more
Asia Bangladeshi-American teen activist fighting for climate action December 3, 2019 0 Rebeca Sabnam, 16, highlights risks Bangladeshi women and Rohingya face due to climate change as COP25 gets under way.... Read more
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