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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.

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Protecting Indonesian rivers with wayang

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

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Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: study

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A photo taken on April 4, 2010 shows yachts moored at the marina of Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada. In dazzling turquoise waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast, scuba divers swim among delicate pink jellyfish and admire coral -- but the rebounding tourism sector is worrisome for the fragile marine ecosystem.
Environment

Egypt's rebounding tourism threatens Red Sea corals

In serene turquoise waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast, scuba divers ease among delicate pink jellyfish and admire coral -- yet a rebounding tourism sector threatens the fragile marine ecosystem.

6 years ago
Diplomats from 130 nations gather in Paris from Monday to validate a grim UN assessment of the state of Nature and lay the groundwork for an 11th-hour rescue plan for life on Earth.
Environment

UN report to highlight urgent need for Nature rescue plan

Diplomats from 130 nations gather in Paris from Monday to validate a grim UN assessment of the state of Nature and lay the groundwork for an 11th-hour rescue plan for life on Earth.

6 years ago
A wave of plastic bag bans has inspired the new efforts to curb cup trash.
Food

Starbucks, Dunkin' brace for levies, bans on to-go coffee cups

A wave of plastic bag bans has inspired the new efforts to curb cup trash.

6 years ago
Instead of plastic, the eggplants, water spinach, asparagus and many other fresh vegetables are wrapped in banana leaves and bamboo straps.
Environment

Bali supermarket ditches plastic packaging for banana leaves

A tourist from Ukraine is one of many visitors expressing appreciation for the initiative of a supermarket in Ubud to replace plastic packaging with banana leaves.

6 years ago
The Lumen Building in Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands.
Environment

Wageningen University takes top spot in UI's greenest campus rankings

University of Indonesia snatched the top rank in Indonesia, at 27th overall.

6 years ago
In this file photo taken in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Oct. 25, 2017, a pangolin is seen in a cage after a raid.
Indonesia

Chinese nationals arrested for alleged pangolin scale smuggling

Customs officers arrested the two as they were about to depart from the airport for Guangzhou on Saturday

6 years ago
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his State of the Nation address at the House of Representatives in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines July 23, 2018.
SEAsia

Duterte says to sail garbage back to Canada

Manila has filed several diplomatic protests with Canada over tons of waste shipped to the Philippines between 2013 and 2014. Canada has said the shipment was a commercial transaction and was not backed by its government.

6 years ago
This picture taken on March 8, 2019 shows plastic waste near palm oil trees at an abandoned factory in Jenjarom, a district of Kuala Langat, outside Kuala Lumpur. From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China's ban on accepting the world's used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil.
Environment

China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos

From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China's ban on accepting the world's used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil.

6 years ago
Greek university students gently deposits a wall-sized PVC frame on the surface before divers moor them at sea at a beach in the island of Lesbos on April 18, 2019. Holding in plastic bags and bottles, the four 5-by-5-metre frames are part of an experiment to determine if seaborne litter can be detected with EU satellites and drones.
Environment

Greek researchers enlist EU satellite against Aegean sea litter

An experiment in Greece was held to determine if seaborne litter can be detected with EU satellites and drones.

6 years ago
A jeweller works on a ring in an ethical gold jewelry workshop in Paris on February 18, 2019.
Culture

The ethical gold rush: Gilded age for guilt-free jewelry

As high-end consumers demand to know the origin of their treasures, some jewellers are ensuring they use responsibly sourced, eco-friendly or recycled gold.

6 years ago
Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate change activist, Greta Thunberg (C) waves during the Fridays For Future rally in Piazza del Popolo in Rome on April 19, 2019.
Environment

'Not here for selfies', activist Greta tells political world

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg rebuked the ruling classes Friday at a demonstration in Italy, insisting youths fighting for climate justice were not fodder for self-complacent selfies.

6 years ago
In this file picture taken on March 16, 2019 Costa Rican Erick Orlich, president of the Costa Rican Electric Mobility Association, poses next to his wife Gioconda Rojas and their electric car during an interview with the AFP in San Jose. The National Decarbonization Plan presented by Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado aims at transforming the economy with the basis of an electric matrix of renewable resources by 2050. It aspires to have industry, agriculture and cattle raising operating with non-polluting energy resources, and to increase forest areas to 60% of the national territory, from the current 50%.
Environment

Costa Rica bets on ending fossil fuel use by 2050

The aim is to have 70 percent of public transport powered by electricity in 2035 -- and the whole fleet by 2050.

6 years ago
A secluded mountain region, in the Pyrenees area straddling France and Spain, thought to be free of plastic pollution is in fact blanketed by airborne microplastics.
Environment

Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: Study

A secluded mountain region thought to be free of plastic pollution is in fact blanketed by airborne microplastics on a scale comparable to a major city such as Paris.

6 years ago
The theme park east of the French capital, which draws 15 million visitors a year, is like a small town in its own right, producing 19 tons of waste last year.
News

Disneyland Paris cleans up its act, bans plastic straws

Disneyland Paris on Monday announced a series of measures to make Europe's biggest private tourist attraction more environmentally friendly, including banning plastic straws.

6 years ago
Seychelles President Danny Faure waves as he arrives at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris on November 10, 2018 to attend a state diner and a visit of the Picasso exhibition as part of ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I.
Environment

Seychelles chief calls from the deep for ocean protection

Seychelles President Danny Faure dived deep into the Indian Ocean Sunday to call for protection of "the beating blue heart of our planet".

6 years ago
Banda Islands in Maluku.
Environment

Amid changing climate, strategies needed to protect Indonesian islands from sea level rise

NASA’s long-term satellite observations from 1993 to 2018 showed an increase in global sea level of about 90 milimeters, with 3.3 mm on average per year.

6 years ago
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (C) takes part in a demonstration of students calling for climate protection on March 1, 2019 in front of the cityhall in Hambourg, Germany.
Opinion premium

Answering Greta’s call with action

“Our civilization is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money. It is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of the few. We cannot solve the crisis without treating it like a crisis. The real power belongs to the people.”

6 years ago
A local resident fishes on a boat in Lake Limboto on March 27. Lake Limboto has suffered encroachment by invasive water hyacinths. Lake Limboto is among 15 critical lakes listed by the government.
Indonesia

Heavy sedimentation threatens lakes in East Kalimantan

Excessive sedimentation and deforestation are endangering three great lakes in East Kalimantan, namely Semayang, Melintang and Jempang.

6 years ago
This picture taken on May 21, 2018 shows discarded climbing equipment and rubbish scattered around Camp 4 of Mount Everest. Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind.
News

Nepal to send team to clean Mount Everest

Nepal will send a dedicated team to Mount Everest this climbing season to collect garbage and retrieve bodies littering the world's highest peak, officials said Thursday.

6 years ago
Empty bottles: Two boys salvage plastic bottles from the polluted Citarum River in Bojongsoang, Bandung regency on Feb. 19. The World Bank declared the Citarum River the most polluted river in the world a decade ago, a description widely picked up by media and environmentalists.
Politics

Walhi endorses 'environment-friendly' legislative candidates

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has released the names of 131 “environment-friendly” legislative candidates that the group is endorsing in the upcoming elections. 

6 years ago
Aviation has boomed in the past decades, with low-cost airlines helping make travel affordable to more people, but the industry faces a major challenge to play its part in cutting emissions responsible for global warming.
Environment

Aviation faces challenge to reduce pollution

Aviation has boomed in the past decades, with low-cost airlines helping make travel affordable to more people, but the industry faces a major challenge to play its part in cutting emissions responsible for global warming.

6 years ago
A cashier packs goods into a customer's bag at a shopping center in Denpasar, Bali. The Bali administration on Dec. 24, 2018 banned single-use plastics, including plastic bags, styrofoam and drinking straws, to reduce plastic waste in the province.
Business premium

Anti-plastic advocates call for details on plastic excise plan

The government first announced its plan to tax plastics in 2016, but it still has not been implemented because of the lack of regulatory clarity and industry pushback.

6 years ago
A worker collects palm fruit at a plantation in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. A European Union proposal to limit the use of palm oil lacks comprehensive scientific evidence and breaches global trade rules.
Opinion

Making sustainable consumption of palm oil the norm in Asia

The demand for sustainable consumption mainly stemmed from the West.

6 years ago
Frank Doelger (right) arrives for the premiere of the final season of 'Game of Thrones' at Radio City Music Hall in New York, US, April 3, 2019.
Entertainment

'Game of Thrones' boss making eco-disaster 'The Swarm' series

The executive producer of "Game of Thrones" said he is making a new big budget TV series based on the eco-disaster bestseller "The Swarm".

6 years ago
This aerial photo taken on March 9, 2019 shows a view of a Buddhist temple isolated by coastal erosion in Samut Chin village, off the shore of Samut Prakan.
Environment

Against the tide: Thai 'floating temple' defies coastal erosion

As sea waters slowly rose around his temple and his neighbors fled inland, Thai abbot Somnuek Atipanyo refused to budge and is today a symbol of the fight to restore the country's fast-eroding coastlines.

6 years ago
A deadly disease affecting amphibians has descended into a global pandemic that has already wiped out 90 species.
Environment

Scientists warn of pandemic endangering amphibians

A deadly disease affecting amphibians has descended into a global pandemic that has already wiped out 90 species.

6 years ago
H&M will trial sales of second-hand and vintage clothes as it seeks to tap into consumers' growing concerns about the environmental cost of fast fashion.
Culture

Fashion backwards? H&M to trial sales of vintage garments

H&M will trial sales of second-hand and vintage clothes as it seeks to tap into consumers' growing concerns about the environmental cost of fast fashion.

6 years ago
A calm afternoon at Alun-Alun Kejaksan in Cirebon, West Java.
Environment

Cirebon offers gold savings incentive to bolster trash disposal efforts

Cirebon Mayor Eti Herawati said she expected the program, dubbed “clear and gold”, to encourage the public to play a more active role in ensuring the cleanliness of their environment.

6 years ago
Spare parts of plastic 'Garfield' phones are displayed on the beach on March 28, 2019 in Plouarzel, western France, after being collected from a sea cave by environmental activists.
Environment

French Garfield beach phone mystery highlights plastic pollution

The "Garfield" phone discoveries in France however highlight the problem of plastic in the oceans, campaigners say.

6 years ago
Illustration of a whale. Scientists have unearthed fossils in a coastal desert of southern Peru of a four-legged whale that thrived both in the sea and on land about 43 million years ago.
Environment

Ancient four-legged whale from Peru walked on land, swam in sea

Scientists have unearthed fossils in a coastal desert of southern Peru of a four-legged whale that thrived both in the sea and on land.

6 years ago
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