Eco-Business

The US and the European Union have intensified efforts to secure the minerals needed for a clean energy transition. But as investment grows, so does conflict throughout the sector.

Nepal’s conservation laws prohibit commercial harvesting of rhododendrons from community forests without approval, but legal ambiguity over privately cultivated flowers has left officials uncertain about how to enforce existing rules.

Inspectors at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port found hundreds of individual containers of mercury hidden in carpets in a shipment bound for the Philippines in late April.

Residents on Indonesia’s Bangka Island say wetland destruction from tin mining and oil palm expansion is driving a surge in deadly crocodile attacks along the coast.

Oleh Siva Selan

Oleh Daniel Cressey

Oleh Siva Selan

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Vietnam has grand plans to build a series of nuclear power plants. But it faces several challenges. Oleh Ian Storey

Membership of Asean brings Timor-Leste political visibility and economic opportunity, but also new exposure to disputes in a grouping where several members are wrestling with democratic backsliding. Oleh Yulida Nuraini Santoso

COP30 in Belém, Brazil, must boost action on the Escazú Agreement to protect nature’s last line of defence. Oleh Binaifer Nowrojee

This year’s advisory opinions from two prominent international courts mark a turning point, write two environmental law experts. Oleh Marcella Ribeiro dan María Luisa Gómez

Oleh DB Subedi

Oleh Robert Muggah

Oleh Ika Idris dan Derry Wijaya

Kebijakan & Keuangan

Green crime goes global

Oleh Ilona Szabó dan Robert Muggah

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Far too many Australian politicians receive financial support from, and give subsidies to, the fossil fuel industry, say climate campaigners. A new initiative by 350.org Australia calls for pollution-free politics in the country.

Non-profit groups WildAid and African Wildlife Foundation have released a video containing undercover footage, exposing ivory laundering in Hong Kong and the loopholes in its regulations on smuggled tusks.

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The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.

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