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CITES, the international endangered wildlife trade convention, has suspended Bangladesh, one of its signatory countries, due to the illegal trade of birds – mainly import – for commercial purposes.

Backers say change is needed to save fishers’ incomes, critics fear overhaul will undermine environmental recovery and progress on human rights.

On June 15, the government of Pará state in Brazil gave the green light for the construction of the new Avenida Liberdade highway in the state capital, Belém, that will split up two conservation areas and run past a traditional Afro-Brazilian community.

Five hydropower dams are currently being built in the Cardamom Mountains with reservoirs set to collectively span more than 15,000 hectares (37,065 acres) across protected forests.

Oleh Xia Zhijian

Oleh Christian Klassert, Samer Talozi

Oleh Rhick Lars Albay

Oleh Gabrielle See

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With the climate crisis escalating fast, calls for more authoritarian decision-making structures – widely viewed as more efficient – are increasing. But the notion that any version of an authoritarian system would be free of “special interests,” and run by neutral, rational technocrats, is implausible. Oleh Jan-Werner Mueller

Stamping out corruption will be a major challenge to the new government. The relationship between politics and business is a major source of illicit political funds. Will a new bill enhance transparency of political financing or donations? Oleh Khairul Saidah Abas Azmi dan Rozaimah Zainudin

Authoritarian governments have weaponised online tools and platforms to control journalists and stifle freedom of expression. Oleh Gayathry Venkiteswaran

Organised crime in the fisheries sector occurs globally throughout the entire value chain, taking massive toll on human populations worldwide. How can we address these crimes? Oleh Sophie Wood dan Emma Witbooi

Oleh David Cameron, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dan Donald P. Kaberuka

Oleh Jyotiraj Patra dan Christina Hill

Oleh Jurema Werneck dan Richard Pearshouse

Oleh Nisha Krishnan dan Stefanie Tye, Marlena Chertock

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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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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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