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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

Spray-painted polar bear sparks alarm in Russia

A video showing a polar bear daubed with painted slogan T-34, the name of a Soviet era tank, has caused alarm in Russia with experts saying it could prevent the bear hunting.

5 years ago
City premium

Sharing meals with Jakarta mosques: Feed the poor, save the earth and (maybe) get a blessing

With big restaurants and hotels having a strict policy of not storing food they are unable to sell at the end of each business day, mosques in Jakarta have begun an initiative to collect the food and distribute it to the poor.  

5 years ago
Health

Eco-anxiety: Managing mental health amid climate change impacts

Awareness of and taking steps to address climate change can also help manage “eco-anxiety”, a type of anxiety over the potential for ecological disasters and environmental threats that has been emerging recently.

5 years ago
Editorial

Second try: Carbon trading

Experience has shown that without a transparent mechanism, carbon trading will only be a way for companies or countries to escape their carbon responsibility. This is a major task for delegates and nations should they want to put the international trading system in place. There should be a transparent and accountable mechanism that assures these transactions benefit the poor, especially communities living in and around forests.

5 years ago
Environment

Aegean volunteers battle to turn plastic waste tide

The Ionian island of Zakynthos is one of Greece's most pristine travel destinations, an environment clean enough to be a major Mediterranean nesting ground sought out by loggerhead sea turtles. But even here, plastic pollution poses a grave threat to wildlife.

5 years ago
Environment

DiCaprio denies Bolsonaro accusation of link to Amazon fires

American actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Saturday denied a claim by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that he had helped fund groups allegedly linked to fires in the Amazon rain forest.

5 years ago
Environment

Tens of thousands rally in Europe, Asia before UN climate summit

Tens of thousands of protesters, primarily in Europe and Asia, hit the streets on Friday to make a fresh call for action against global warming, hoping to raise pressure on world leaders days before a UN climate summit.

5 years ago
Culture

H&M tests renting clothes to address environment concern

Hennes & Mauritz AB is testing out a clothing rental service as the fashion industry faces mounting criticism for waste and pollution.

5 years ago
News

Cruise industry takes first 'green' steps

The cruise industry, long criticized for polluting the environment, is slowly trying to go greener by exploring new technologies, from hybrid solutions to high-tech sails.

5 years ago
Business premium

Green investments, financing gain traction in Indonesia despite lack of investor awareness

The “green is the new black” sustainability trend has reached the financial world as investors and financial institutions are slowly turning to invest in environment, social and governance (ESG)-compliant assets in Indonesia.

5 years ago
Opinion premium

Indonesia’s 2020 climate challenge

The technology for Indonesia to reach and exceed its climate action target is available. The financing can be sought. The crucial part is political will. President Jokowi should visibly demonstrate political will and aim robustly if not ruthlessly for zero carbon emissions as his climate policy legacy.

5 years ago
Culture

Love your clothes and pass them on, says Vogue supremo Wintour

Clothes should be cherished, re-worn and even passed on to the next generation, Anna Wintour, the influential editor of Vogue magazine said, calling for more sustainability in the fashion world and less of a throwaway culture.

5 years ago
Indonesia premium

Carbon market hot issue ahead of climate summit

Under the cap and trade mechanism, parties are required to keep their greenhouse gas emissions below a certain level, or cap, set by either the authorities or the market. Should their pollution be found to have exceeded the maximum level, they must pay the excess pollution to other parties that successfully maintain their emissions below the cap.

5 years ago
City premium

Bogor villages suffer amid soaring demand for sand to build homes, roads in Jakarta, Banten

The trucks transport construction materials to neighboring areas, predominantly to Tangerang in Banten and Jakarta, to supply government infrastructure projects and commercial housing developments.

5 years ago
Indonesia premium

Central Kalimantan illegal loggers become coconut sugar farmers

Villagers in Basawang commonly work as coconut sugar farmers, while villagers of the surrounding area in Katingan regency and East Kotawaringin regency make a living by selling green coconut, copra (dried coconut meat) or by illegal logging.

5 years ago
Environment

New photos vs old: Comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat

On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for tourists to admire the Rhone Glacier has been abandoned now that the ice has retreated nearly 2 km uphill.

5 years ago
Environment premium

N. Sumatra stakeholders unite under local wisdom to protect Tapanuli orangutan

From local communities to a hydropower company, all stakeholders are applying the customary wisdom to protect and save the rarest great ape on the planet, the endemic Tapanuli orangutan of North Sumatra.

5 years ago
Environment premium

Javan hawk-eagle released in Mt. Wilis forest amid poaching, trafficking risk

A one-year-old Javan hawk-eagle was released at the Mt. Picis and Mt. Sigogor nature conservation area in Ponorogo regency, East Java, on Wednesday. Poaching and trafficking laws are poorly enforced in the region, putting the young Javan hawk-eagle in danger.

5 years ago
Environment

Malaysia's last Sumatran rhinoceros dies

The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia died on Saturday, leaving the smallest species of rhino, which once roamed across Asia, surviving in small numbers mostly in Indonesia.

5 years ago
Indonesia premium

Climate change, environmental degradation may hamper Indonesia’s GDP growth

In Indonesia, an economy heavily reliant on natural resources, climate change and natural resource degradation are likely to halve potential GDP growth, from 7 percent to 3.5 percent, by 2050, according to a recent study.

5 years ago
Environment

Prince Charles warns of climate 'tipping point'

Prince Charles warned Friday that time is running out to address the impact of climate change as he prepares to visit one of the Pacific island nations most affected by global warming. 

5 years ago
Entertainment

Coldplay won't tour new album, say want gigs to be "sustainable"

British band Coldplay will not tour to promote their new album, but are working on how to make their gigs environmentally sustainable.

5 years ago
People

Greta Thunberg awarded international children's peace prize

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was awarded an international children's peace prize on Wednesday, for her work in the struggle against climate change which has resonated with schoolchildren across the world.

5 years ago
Indonesia premium

Mercury from illegal gold mines to blame for fatal birth defects in Mandailing Natal, regent says

The use of mercury in illegal gold mining activities in Mandailing Natal regency, North Sumatra, has reportedly affected the physical well-being of newborns in the region, resulting in five deaths and numerous birth defects over the past couple of years.

5 years ago
Opinion

An Indonesian green new deal

The Green New Deal aims to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create high-paying jobs, ensure that clean air, clean water and healthy food are available as basic human rights and end all forms of oppression.

5 years ago
Environment

Ocean could provide over six times more food than it does today

The ocean could provide over six times more food than it does now with better management and more technological innovation, scientists said.

5 years ago
Business premium

Plan for Morowali car battery factory inches closer to fruition

The government expects to complete the Environmental Impact Analysis (Amdal) for a car battery factory in Central Sulawesi next month, moving the project one step closer to the beginning of construction.

5 years ago
Environment premium

Organization plans to install 100 trash booms to protect Bali's waterways

Founded by brothers Sam and Gary Bencheghib, Make a Change World launched several environmental initiatives, including #PlasticBottleCitarum, when they spent two weeks cruising the world’s most polluted river on plastic-bottle canoes.

5 years ago
Indonesia

‘Not sacrificing my grandchildren’s future’: Minister Luhut vows govt will protect environment

Palm oil cultivation is often blamed for deforestation and destroying the habitats of endangered animals, including orangutans.

5 years ago
Opinion

From Aceh to Paris with peace: Curbing human-wildlife conflict

Developing a common understanding on the relation between environmental conservation and peace while recognizing that these two are interlinked will help decisionmakers prevent human-wildlife conflict and maintain harmony in Aceh and elsewhere in Indonesia.

5 years ago
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