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A 2010 packaging law stipulated that 19 essential items must be contained and transported in jute sacks, but the legislation failed to protect the jute industry, which employs three million households.

New research links decades of coffee expansion to widespread forest loss in Vietnam's Central Highlands, raising concerns over the crop's long-term resilience.

Five years after Thailand banned paraquat and chlorpyrifos, farmers and consumers remain unsafe from the overuse of other dangerous agrochemicals.

A decades-long community effort has protected Cambodia’s Chom Penh forest, but the Kuy say expanding agribusiness threatens their ancestral lands and cultural identity.

Oleh Tanmoy Bhaduri

Oleh Liu Lican

Oleh Hans Nicholas Jong

Oleh Robin Hicks

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Will scaling biofuels in Southeast Asia make the region more resilient to oil shocks, or does it introduce new vulnerabilities? Structural risks must be addressed as biofuels take a larger share of the transport fuel mix. Oleh Dr Tharinya Supasa, Monika Merdekawati dan Zahrah Zafira

The Middle East conflict is set to have a double-whammy impact on both Asean’s import of fertilisers, and its energy-intensive fertiliser production. The timing is critical as in the coming months, the five major crops, including rice, are being planted in Asean. Oleh Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros, Kayven Tan dan Mely Caballero-Anthony

From Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean to floods in Southeast Asia, insurance is an underused tool for adaptation to climate extremes. Oleh Amol Mehra dan Claire Harbron

India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis. Oleh Shivang Agarwal dan Pranjali Chowdhary

Oleh Akhilendra Pratap Singh

Oleh Maximo Torero

Oleh Elyssa Kaur Ludher dan Angaindrankumar Gnanasagaran

Oleh Morgan Gillespy dan Afshan Khan

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In the inaugural episode of Eco-Business's new Resilience podcast series, industry leaders say the palm oil sector's ability to weather disruption will depend not on certification alone, but on rethinking the relationships that underpin the entire supply chain.

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Studio EB Transboundary haze pollution is back with a vengeance in Southeast Asia. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz about what the palm oil sector can do to put out the peatland fires that have burned annually for four decades.

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