According to the Environment and Forestry Ministry’s law enforcement division, the office has sent as many as 210 warning letters to companies registered as peatland concession holders about alleged negligence that led to forest fires.

Equipped with powerful magnets, history enthusiasts and environmentalists scour France's rivers, pulling out bits of scrap metal, bikes, scooters and the odd kitchen appliance.

Soon, Jamal's voice will no longer ring out over the mountain slopes he's roamed for years with his herd in northern Cyprus. To feed the concrete demands of hotels, holiday homes and road-building, quarries are eating away at the mountains where his goats graze.

Inspired by Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, a group of young activists from several Latin American countries have converged in Chile to exchange ideas on how to battle climate change.

Replanted forests and those left to recover after logging activities can preserve vital insect and plant life in a similar way to old-growth forests, scientists have found, as interest grows in expanding the world's forests to curb climate change.

Debt-ridden Air India said Thursday it will stop using single-use plastic and replace packaging with eco-friendly paper and wooden cutlery, as the government ramps up its "clean India" mission.

The world must act now to avoid conflict over food, land and water spreading from hot spots such as Syria to power centres like London and New York, according to a top science writer.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in very poor condition because of climate change, over fishing and land clearing, as it downgraded the reef's status to the lowest level, which could jeopardise its World Heritage status.

Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg joined hundreds of other teenagers protesting outside the United Nations Friday in her first demonstration on US soil since arriving by zero-carbon yacht.

Sheep have been reintroduced to London’s Hampstead Heath for the first time since the 1950s to test an environmentally friendly way of maintaining the area.

“At the last location, we found hundreds of dead suckermouth catfish. In addition, the water of the river is blackened, smelly and foamy,” the Jakarta Ombudsman head has said.

The hearing for the air pollution citizen lawsuit filed by Tim Advokasi Gerakan Ibukota at the Central Jakarta District Court is adjourned to September 12.

Single-use plastic is the problem that we need to solve. A number of well-meaning people say single-use plastic should be banned. However, they miss the point that even single-use plastics play an important role in our lives especially those of the under-privileged segments of the society

The seven public transportation points where the face masks are being distributed are Commuter Line stations in Depok, Bekasi, Palmerah, Sudimara and Manggarai; Lebak Bulus MRT station; and the Jakarta International Velodrome.

Sharks appear to be getting an image makeover as countries move to restrict trade in several species of the oceans' top predator in a push to extend more protections to marine species.

A team of scientists in the US have managed to reproduce coral in a lab setting for the first time ever, an encouraging step in the race to save "America's Great Barrier Reef" off the coast of Florida.

Earth Alliance, an environmental initiative supported by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, is committed to raising funds to help protect the Amazon rainforest. 

A proposal to strengthen protection for mako sharks, hunted for their meat and fins, was adopted Sunday by 102 countries at the CITES global wildlife trade summit.

Hidden under a lush green canopy of boreal forest in southeastern Canada are 80 fully-stocked tents featuring feather beds, silk sheets, electric lighting, mini-refrigerators and tableware.

Riding on the laguna in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's economic hub, the unusual complex floats on a platform made from 700,000 discarded bottles and other buoyant debris.

In the fight against plastic waste, religion is now playing a greater role, with religious institutions encouraging the city’s residents to reduce their dependence on single-use plastic bags.

Veterinarians have successfully harvested eggs from the last two surviving northern white rhinos, taking them one step closer to bringing the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists said in Kenya on Friday.

Wildlife-supporting countries on Thursday backed regulating international trade in giraffes in a bid to offer more protection to the gentle giants, feared to be facing a "silent extinction".

Indeed art should be celebrated by everyone. If ARTJOG has made a commitment to the environment, it should extend to the exhibition and other events in ARTJOG. Addressing sustainability and understanding the environmental impact of ARTJOG could be on ARTJOG’s agenda.

While poaching and the illegal wildlife trade are serious threats to the three orangutan species, habitat loss continues to present the single greatest risk to the continued survival of orangutans in our country.

A gabion installation has replaced the controversial Getih Getah bamboo sculpture near the Bundaran HI traffic circle in Central Jakarta.

Single-use plastics have been banned in the Everest region to reduce the vast amounts of waste left by trekkers and mountaineers, Nepali authorities said Thursday.

There are some clear threats to orangutans. One of them is massive forest fires. In Sumatra and Kalimantan, hot spots first identified in March have been increasing over the last month. Unfortunately, this is a routine occurrence every year, especially around the peak of the dry season. The hot spots are increasing in number and getting closer to orangutan habitats.

More than 2,300 endangered tigers have been killed and illegally trafficked since the turn of the century, according to a report published Tuesday, urging more action to protect the giant cats.

A ban on the sale of plastic water bottles went into effect at San Francisco International Airport in California on Tuesday, in line with the city's efforts to reduce single use plastics often identified as a contributor to climate change.