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The battle to save Cambodia's river dolphins from extinction

The thrilling sight of Irrawaddy dolphins may soon be no more than a memory, as numbers of the endangered mammals dwindle despite efforts to preserve them.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Protecting Indonesian rivers with wayang

An activist in Jepara fights to protect rivers from pollution with puppets.  ...

2 years ago
Environment premium

Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: study

Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said. ...

2 years ago

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Environment

14 million tons of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

The world's sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tons of microplastics, broken down from the masses of rubbish entering the oceans every year, according to Australia's national science agency.

5 years ago
Environment

Food companies urge Britain to adopt tougher rules to protect tropical forests

Supermarkets, food manufacturers and restaurant chains under pressure from campaigners over their environmental impact urged Britain on Monday to strengthen a plan to stop tropical forests from being cut down to grow cocoa, palm oil and soy.

5 years ago
Indonesia premium

Researchers warn of ‘hidden cost’ of Indonesian diet

The Indonesian diet and agricultural land use system incur “hidden” health and environmental costs associated with nutrition-related health problems and environmental degradation, researchers have suggested.

5 years ago
Opinion

Sustainability and democracy come under threat

Guterres is not the only one raising the alarm about the future of democracy and human rights, with democracy-focused organizations all around the world expressing equal concern.

5 years ago
Culture

Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Indonesian designer launch merchandise collection

The collaboration marks GPSEA’s 20th anniversary.

5 years ago
Environment

Urbanites encouraged to burn calories, raise funds for forests

The funds collected will be given to Soraya Research Station, which overlooks a forest area of 500 hectares in Leuser, Aceh.

5 years ago
Indonesia

Two years on, ban on new palm oil plantations brings little change

It has been over two years since the government set a moratorium on new palm oil development, but environmentalists say the move has failed to bring about much-needed change in the governance of the lucrative export commodity.

5 years ago
Indonesia

Tackling food loss, waste could benefit Indonesia on many fronts: Experts

Companies yield $14 in return for every $1 invested in reducing food loss and waste, including by measuring waste and changing packaging.

5 years ago
Environment

Warming oceans more 'stable' and that's bad, scientists warn

Global warming is making the oceans more stable, increasing surface temperatures and reducing the carbon they can absorb, according to research published Monday by climate scientists who warned that the findings have "profound and troubling" implications. 

5 years ago
Environment

'Planet is dying', India's 8-year-old climate crusader warns

When 8-year-old Indian climate change activist Licypriya Kangujam is older, she wants to launch a solo mission to the moon to research ways to save planet earth.

5 years ago
Environment

Eleven-year-old climate activist leads beach cleanup in Hong Kong

Lance Lau, an 11-year-old Hong Kong climate activist, has been called the Chinese territory's answer to Greta Thunberg.

5 years ago
Opinion

Ecoliteracy campaign begins in school

Taking them on field trips could be part of this education process; no better way of learning than visiting the nearest landfills.

5 years ago
Environment

Ecotourism gem reduced to ashes as Brazil wetlands burn

Two days was all it took for the record fires sweeping the Pantanal to reduce 90 percent of the hotel grounds to ashes.

5 years ago
Environment

World's youth rallies against climate change

United under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, young people rallied across the world on Friday to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in their first global action during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago
People

New Instagrammer Attenborough swiftly attracts one million followers

British television naturalist David Attenborough joined Instagram on Thursday at the age of 94, quickly racking up more than one million followers in his first few hours.

5 years ago
Environment

Madagascar's lemurs take a breather as tourism struggles

The rainforest and animals thrived during five months of movement restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the Indian Ocean island nation.

5 years ago
Environment

Greta Thunberg Foundation donates to Africa climate projects

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said the foundation set up in her name would donate 150,000 euros ($175,000) to charities working to support "people on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Africa".

5 years ago
Environment

Indonesia to host first Caretakers of the Environment International virtual conference

Indonesia will host the 2020 Caretakers of the Environment International (CEI) Conference, an annual conference where global participants comprising teachers and students discuss solutions to environmental problems. 

5 years ago
Environment

If Arctic ice melt doesn't boost sea levels, do we care?

US government scientists reported that the Arctic Ocean's floating ice cover has shriveled to its second lowest extent since satellite records began in 1979.

5 years ago
Environment

Aiming to be carbon-neutral? Don't rely on planting trees, scientists say

Taking better care of nature could absorb many more climate-changing emissions - but will only work if big companies simultaneously slash their own emissions and focus on boosting biodiversity, not just planting trees.

5 years ago
Global

Pandemic shows need for global response to climate change, says Attenborough

The film "David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet" sets out his "witness statement" on the destruction of the environment and ideas on how humans can still put it right.

5 years ago
Books

‘The Uninhabitable Earth’: Unpleasant wake-up call to harrowing future

Wallace-Wells remorselessly delineates the notorious impact of human-induced disasters in a worst-case scenario. He spells out the adverse effects of climate crisis in his book’s first line as “worse, much worse than you think”. 

5 years ago
Environment

Spinning clock in New York counts down time until climate devastation

Climate campaigners unveiled a huge countdown clock on Saturday, showing how little time is left before global temperatures hit a critical high, to kick off a week of climate action in New York.

5 years ago
Environment

Croatian biologists fear largest Mediterranean clam near extinction

Croatian marine biologists are struggling to save the largest Mediterranean clam from extinction after a precipitous fall in numbers which they say was probably caused by a deadly pathogen.

5 years ago
Environment

Climate strikers plan 'safe' return to protests, Greta Thunberg says

Leaders of a youth climate strike movement launched by teen activist Greta Thunberg said they will return to mass protests next week, as wildfires and other climate threats surge around the planet.

5 years ago
Opinion

Climate policy will not fix the fire problem

Climate change is real, man-made and something we need to deal with smartly. But the claim that the fires are caused by climate change is dramatically misleading and steers us toward the worst way to help.

5 years ago
Environment

Mobile phone radiation may be killing insects: German study

Radiation from mobile phones could have contributed to the dramatic decline in insect populations seen in much of Europe in recent years, a German study showed Thursday.

5 years ago
Environment

Emissions may add 40 cm sea level rise by 2100, experts warn

Sustained greenhouse gas emissions could see global sea levels rise nearly 40 centimeters this century as ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland continue to melt, a major international study concluded Thursday. 

5 years ago
Environment

Global net zero emissions goal would require $1-2 trillion a year investment: Study

Achieving net zero emissions by mid-century would cost an estimated $1 trillion-$2 trillion a year of additional investments, or 1-1.5% of global gross domestic product, a report by the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) said on Wednesday.

5 years ago
Culture

Welcome to the jungle: Plants overrun Chinese apartment blocks

An experimental green housing project in a Chinese megacity promised prospective residents life in a "vertical forest", with manicured gardens on every balcony.

5 years ago
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