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Nature-based projects expand across Southeast Asia, but design gaps and unintended impacts limit conservation benefits.

Indonesia plans to rezone large parts of Way Kambas National Park in Sumatra for carbon trading and luxury tourism to raise conservation funds.

CDL has doubled the size of a microforest planted at a shopping mall, and is aiming to plant more to mitigate urban heating and promote local biodiversity. The firm's chief sustainability officer wants other companies and government agencies to spawn the concept.

The hill districts in the Chittagong region in Bangladesh have seen a large-scale switch from the traditional shifting agriculture, or jhum, to more profitable cash crop cultivation in recent years.

Oleh Sean Mowbray

Oleh Nadia Luna

Oleh Francesco De Augustinis

Oleh Regina Lam

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A critically endangered Sumatran elephant found dead in a pulpwood plantation in Riau, Sumatra raises questions about the accountability of concession holders in Indonesia, argues Aida Greenbury. Oleh Aida Greenbury

A landmark UN treaty will soon govern two-thirds of the world’s oceans – testing whether nations can balance conservation with competition for deep-sea resources. Oleh Naporn Popattanachai

The Planetary Health Check is a warning but if we treat science as a compass and act together, we can reverse planetary decline. Oleh Mary Robinson

COP30 is an opportunity to boost philanthropic capital to help scale climate finance and solutions in Brazil and beyond. Oleh Renata Piazzon

Oleh Robert Muggah

Oleh Pepukaye Bardouille dan Mahmoud Mohieldin

Oleh Watcharapol Supajakwattana dan Paul Chambers

Oleh Syed Shariq Hussein

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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 vessel will scour Southeast Asia’s marine environment to gather data and support local conservationists.

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.

Eksklusif In this exclusive interview to mark Earth Day, Eco-Business speaks to Dr Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and founder of Mission Blue, who draws the link between our climate crisis and the health of our oceans.

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A small-scale miner in Bicol, Philippines

Critical minerals will be central to this year’s Asean meetings, said environment assistant secretary Noralene Uy, as the Philippines ushers the region towards domestic processing as summit chair.

L'Occitane's Asia Pacific director of sustainability Venisa Chu

The Asia Pacific ESG head of the B Corp-certified cosmetics firm says refill stations have been disappointing and getting suppliers on board with decarbonisation is difficult, but her team has not been affected by the ESG backlash.

A report by WWF finds that Hong Kong could lose 25 per cent of its biodiversity to new developments such as the North Metropolis.

A new report predicts Hong Kong could lose one quarter of its wildlife to new developments. WWF Hong Kong conservation head Dr Bosco Chan and Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden's Dr Stephan Gale tell the EB Podcast that developers must build in ways that protect nature and bolster climate resilience.

A researcher lived with camel herders in Inner Mongolia for years to find out how they're coping with both conservation schemes and modernisation. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast about their challenges and lessons for the world.

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