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This photo taken on February 16, 2023 shows freshwater dolphins swimming in the Mekong River in Cambodia's Kratie province.
This photo taken on February 16, 2023 shows freshwater dolphins swimming in the Mekong River in Cambodia's Kratie province.
Environment premium

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
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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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How film and TV can help the climate change battle

Fictional films and TV have immense power to shift attitudes on political issues, yet they remain little-used in debates over climate change.

2 years ago
Economy premium

After the G20 Summit, what’s next for Indonesia?

A few weeks ago, Indonesia and Egypt were again in the global spotlight. They hosted global meetings that could hopefully reverberate for years to come and transform climate commitments into real action.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Lights go out on Hungary stadiums, theatres as energy crisis bites

Rocketing energy bills are forcing Hungary to shutter libraries, theatres, swimming pools and even its new football stadiums for winter.

2 years ago
Environment

Hawaii volcano, world's largest, erupts for first time in decades

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Chile's unique Atacama desert sullied by world's junk

Chile's massive Atacama desert is a unique and fragile ecosystem that experts say is being threatened by piles of trash dumped there from around the world.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Focus on rural realities – A climate change appeal from Ambon to Egypt

 As young people, we are worried about a crisis that we did not create but one that we have to live with.

2 years ago
Editorial

Cautious COP27

Under the shadow of the global inflation crisis and the Ukraine war, governments and companies have refrained from making big promises during the first week of United Nations climate conference (COP27) negotiations.

2 years ago
Environment

Greta Thunberg says she’s ready to hand over megaphone

Four years after launching her School Strike for the Climate, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is ready to pass the baton to those on the front lines of climate change, she said in an interview on Monday.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Disaster, no more! What Bali can do after flooding

The growth of the tourism industry is one of the drivers of the massive land conversion.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Sinking Alexandria faces up to coming catastrophe

Alexandria, Egypt's fabled second city and its biggest port, is in danger of disappearing below the waves within decades.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

‘Earth is in our hands’: Astronaut Pesquet’s plea for the planet

From his unique viewpoint hundreds of kilometers above Earth, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP he felt helpless watching fires rage across the planet below, calling for more to be done to protect this fragile "island of life".

2 years ago
Environment premium

Can we save North Sumatran forests with local Batak wisdom?

Passed down for generations, some believe that local Batak wisdom is the solution to deforestation.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Is GDP relevant to measure sustainability?

Amartya Sen, for instance, calls for broadening the term "development" beyond the current narrow focus on economic measures such as GDP, thus it should rather be viewed in terms of the real “freedoms” that people can enjoy such as economic facilities and social opportunities.

2 years ago
Academia premium

G20 needs to advance global sustainability standard for vegetable oils

The campaign in developed countries for imposing exclusive and discriminative standards of sustainability for palm oil, has in some way substantiated the suspicions of trade protectionism in favor of the vegetable oil producers in the temperate zone.

2 years ago
Economy premium

Indonesia introduces three baby-step methods to axe coal plants

There are three options to retire coal-fired power plants earlier: write-off from PLN’s book, a spin-off with blended financing and independent power producer (IPP) refinancing.

2 years ago
Society premium

Caring for mangroves is just as important as restoring them, experts say

Indonesia is betting big on mangrove restoration in its contribution to the global climate change mitigation, but experts say conservation will be just as essential if not more important in maximizing the role of mangroves in mitigating climate change

2 years ago
Regulations

Indonesia to ban RON-88, RON-89 fuel sales in New Year

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry on Oct. 11 finally passed Energy Ministerial Decree No. 245/2022, which revised Energy Ministerial Decree No. 62/2022 on the price formula to calculate the retail price of gasoline and diesel distributed in gas stations.

2 years ago
Academia

Think global, act local to transform cities and our planet

The blueprint for linking local to global urban sustainability lies in three ways: through knowledge, solutions, and partnerships.

2 years ago
Regulations premium

Licensing, land acquisition issues hold back hydropower development

Hydroelectric power was once slated to spearhead Indonesia’s transition to renewable energy, but despite the abundant potential, industry players are reluctant to invest because of what analysts see as excessive bureaucratic hurdles.

2 years ago
Environment

Polar bear hell: An ice pack that keeps receding

Every year from late June, when the bay ice disappears, polar bears must move onto shore to begin a period of forced fasting. 

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Genetic findings from Siberian caves give glimpse into Neanderthal life

Researchers on Wednesday described genomic findings from the remains of 13 Neanderthals - 11 from Chagyrskaya cave and two from Okladnikov cave in the Altai Mountains of Russia - in one of the largest genetic studies of a Neanderthal population to date.

2 years ago
Markets

World's top finance firms continue to fuel deforestation, report warns

In Indonesia, southeast Asian pulp and paper producers are continuing to expand production, putting the country's remaining forests under pressure.

2 years ago
Culture

English winemakers toast summer heatwaves

Climate change may be helping England's vineyards for now, but the fast pace of transition risks major planning difficulties

2 years ago
Environment

After captivity in Madrid, owl twins learn to live on the wild side

Two twin eagle owls have been released into the Madrid countryside after being born in captivity in the city zoo and undergoing months of training.

2 years ago
Academia premium

New start for Indonesia's development aid sector?

In the most extreme case, the donor's pledged funds could flow back to the donor's home country to cover the overhead costs of the donor's own implementing agency and technical experts. 

2 years ago
Art & Culture

From stubs to soft toys, an Indian factory reprocesses cigarette ends

The material is composed of cigarette stubs, separated into fibres and cleaned and bleached after being gathered from the city streets where they had been discarded along with millions of others.

2 years ago
Companies

Nestle plans to cut ties with Astra Agro Lestari over abuse allegations

Swiss food giant Nestle plans to stop sourcing from subsidiaries of publicly listed palm oil producer PT Astra Agro Lestari as the latter faces accusations of land and human rights abuses by environmental groups.

2 years ago
Europe

King Charles III won't attend COP27 after Truss 'objected'

Britain's new monarch, who took the throne when his mother Queen Elizabeth II died last month, had intended to deliver a speech at the November 6-18 gathering, the Sunday Times reported.

2 years ago
Society premium

RI’s new emissions target not ambitious enough, activists say

Indonesia has increased its emissions reduction target to bring its policies more in line with global goals, but environmentalists say the revisions still fail to respond adequately to the climate crisis.

2 years ago
Entertainment premium

Solar to power Greedy Dust, Kolibri Rekords' gigs in Greenpeace collab

The environmental NGO is powering indie labels Greedy Dust and Kolibri Rekords’ upcoming concerts using solar to spread renewable energy awareness among music lovers.

2 years ago

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