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The European Union is on the cusp of removing leather from the scope of its landmark anti-deforestation law, following months of intense lobbying by the industry.

Mangroves implicated in a road project face removal or transplantation, raising ecological damage fears and threatening fishers’ way of life.

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.

The appointment comes amid increasing public scrutiny over governance and pressure for institutional reform, which has resulted in protests demanding the removal of the incumbent over alleged corporate influence scandals.

Oleh Manu Moudgil

Oleh Hướng Thiện

Oleh Siva Selan

Oleh G K Cabico

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The Trump administration’s arguments in dismissing the health risks of climate change are not only factually wrong, they’re deeply dangerous to public health and safety. Oleh Jonathan Levy, Howard Frumkin, Jonathan Patz, Vijay Limaye

Progress is fragile and 2026 must be the year of action and accountability on gender rights. Oleh Maliha Khan

Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change. Oleh Prakash Kashwan dan Ashok Swain

Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

From Indigenous exclusion to the absence of the United States, a range of factors contributed to another disappointing outcome at the climate talks in Brazil. Oleh Simon Chin-Yee, Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh

Oleh Binaifer Nowrojee

Oleh Nemonte Nenquimo, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim dan Rukka Sombolinggi

Oleh Deepanshu Mohan, Ankur Singh dan Anania Singhal

Oleh Yosuke Uchiyama

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NGOs urged the government to improve forest data transparency by making maps of protected areas publicly available, and to channel funds to frontline communities living near forests.

The action comes despite the oil giant suing the environmental group for US$2.1 million after demonstrators boarded the company’s vessel at the Atlantic Ocean in January.

The veteran journalist talks to Eco-Business about how his Emmy-nominated documentary depicts the lives of environmental crusaders in Asia's deadliest country for guardians of the seas and forests.

Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.

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Former Yale-NUS environmental social sciences professor Michael Maniates tells the Eco-Business Podcast that individual actions like going vegetarian, reducing plastic use or avoiding air travel are not only insufficient to address the climate crisis – they are counterproductive.

At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. Lidy Nacpil, a long-time attendee of the climate conference, explains why.

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.

Australia's action against greenwashing has been driven largely by consumers, says John Pabon, author of The Great Greenwashing

Former United Nations policy analyst and sustainability consultant John Pabon tells the EB Podcast how Australia became Asia Pacific's most progressive country in holding green claims to account.

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