Panelists from The Jakarta Post's UpClose webinar on sustainable oceans and fisheries contend that prioritizing small-scale fishing and eradicating illegal poaching practices will ensure that Indonesia achieves sustainability in its maritime and fisheries sector.

A mammoth trek across southern China by a herd of elephants that has captivated the world with their playful antics has thrown a spotlight on the loss of their habitat and conservation challenges.

Germany passed legislation imposing more ambitious climate targets and tougher curbs on pesticides to protect insects.

Gabon received $17 million in recompense for successfully cutting its carbon emissions by reducing deforestation and forest degradation.

Some families living in a jungle may be fearful of things going bump at night, but for one household in Thailand, the sight of an elephant rummaging through their kitchen was not a total shock.

Adriana Veliz whispered affectionately as she removed a colony of bees from inside a statue in a Mexican backyard -- part of her mission to help save them from extinction.

The US embassy in Phnom Penh said in a statement on Thursday that it had invested more than $100 million to combat deforestation and despite some progress high rates of illegal logging had continued in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.

Kimiko Hirata has spent nearly half her life fighting to wean Japan off its dependence on coal, and now isn't the time to slow down, the award-winning activist warns.

Two Javan rhinoceros calves have been spotted at an Indonesian national park, offering a rare sighting of one of the world's most endangered mammals.

A female calf, likely between 3 and 5 months old, and a male calf, whose age was estimated at around 1 year old, were separately spotted on camera traps in the Ujung Kulon National Park on the western tip of Java Island, according to the ministry.

Indonesia may maintain its unambitious climate policy and avoid prioritizing its net zero commitment for decades to come, despite official and independent projections showing that doing so would boost both growth and jobs.

Marine mucilage has spread through the sea south of Istanbul, posing a threat to marine life and the fishing industry.

Scientists have been collecting data on the flora and fauna around Albania's Vjosa River as they try to stop the construction of hydropower plants.

The MV X-Press Pearl, carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics, burned for 13 days within sight of the island's coast before rescue workers finally managed to extinguish the blaze on Tuesday.

Germany and Norway on Thursday inaugurated an undersea power cable.

Tasmanian devils have been born in the wild on Australia's mainland 3,000 years after the marsupials disappeared from the continent, conservation groups said Tuesday, raising hopes that a major rewilding effort could succeed.

Library for orphans in Yangon, built of recycled plastic waste, has been indefinitely deferred its opening by Myanmar's bloody coup.

Born and raised in the bustling megacity of Jakarta, Indonesia's densely populated, traffic-choked capital, environmentalist Khalisah Khalid has long anguished over the city’s toxic air.

Technological innovations offer the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record.

Governments have already proven they are not up to the task on their own; just 0.01 percent of global gross domestic product is currently spent on biodiversity conservation.

The square in front of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris has been closed to the public after tests again revealed high concentrations of toxic lead particles.

Overall, we are seeing real momentum behind the global push to tackle carbon emissions as many nations set out targets to reduce their carbon footprint or reach ”net zero”.

Jakarta was dubbed the "worst-performing city", followed by India’s Delhi, in a study of the environmental vulnerability of 576 big cities worldwide.

A landslide triggered by heavy rains struck the Chinese-backed Batang Toru hydropower plant on Thursday last week, burying an estimated 13 people.

Licadho said the trial was based largely on publicly available comments and material on Mother Nature's Facebook account, none of which constituted incitement.

A minimum service standard is set for urban trash collection; they must collect trash from at least 70 percent of the population. 

The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the world's longest and deepest canyon at an altitude of more than 1,500 meters.

Not only will cyclones become more frequent, but they could also become more dangerous. 

Indonesian public figures are calling on authorities to take action on climate change and spare the nation's future generations from environmental ruin.

Floods sparked by torrential rain have wreaked havoc and destruction on islands stretching from Flores in Indonesia to East Timor, sending thousands fleeing into shelters.