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Cambodian villagers brace for flooding in test of Sesan II damA test of floodgates in Cambodia’s Sesan II Dam looks set to flood two downstream villages, with more than 100 families vowing not to leave after refusing offers of compensation. -
Greenpeace and Thai Union reach ceasefire on sustainable tunaAfter two years of heated campaigning and butting heads, Greenpeace and seafood giant Thai Union have reached a joint agreement on how to drive sustainable change in the company's operations and the rest of the seafood industry.
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Locals mount fierce resistance against sand mining, land reclamation in MakassarFearing for their livelihoods, protesters in the tip of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi have tried to blockade and torch dredging ships and threatened to hold officials hostage. -
Navigating toward a ‘Paris Agreement for the oceans’Heralded as the 'Paris Agreement for the oceans,' the UN Ocean Conference garnered over a thousand pledges to protect the oceans. The question is, what would be the likely position of the US administration?
Activism Opinion
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Samsung partnership with Korindo ignites another fire scandal– Because controversies about exploding phones and corruption weren't enough, Samsung has entered into a joint venture with deforestation-linked Korean-Indonesian conglomerate Korindo, reveals Mighty Earth's Deborah Lapidus. -
Was this the worst ever attempt to talk to young people about the environment?– A pool party in Singapore - bizarrely themed around palm oil - was interrupted by environmental messages from green groups last night. But revelers did not seem remotely interested to learn about the causes of the haze pollution that chokes Singapore at this time of year. -
We need an international environmental criminal court– The world needs an independent, internationally recognized legal body to which communities and activists can turn to address environmental crimes, says environmental activist and 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Phyllis Omido.
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