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Manufacturing

Indigenous conflict at Indonesian timber firm prompts rights probe call

Indonesian lawmakers have called for a government fact-finding investigation into alleged human rights abuses linked to a long-running land conflict between the Dayak Kualan Indigenous community and timber company PT Mayawana Persada.
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Waste

Microplastics could accelerate antibiotic resistance, studies find

Plastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are usually regarded as separate global crises. But emerging research suggests links between them: Microplastic particles in the environment are colonised by bacteria, and those bacteria develop antibiotic resistance at an unprecedented rate.
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Food & Agriculture

Ladakh’s apricot lifeline challenged by a changing climate

Erratic precipitation is affecting a crop central to the Indian region’s economy, livelihood and culture for generations.
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Carbon & Climate

Indonesia braces for peatland fires as strong El Niño looms

Meteorologists say emergence of a strong El Niño climate phenomenon is increasingly likely this year, as ocean temperatures in June reached a record high.

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7 July 2026

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Water

Declining carp stocks leave Bangladesh fishers struggling

6 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Heat and pests threaten gourd essential to Indian music

3 July 2026

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Food & Agriculture

This Philippine coastal farm is redefining farming with wetlands

2 July 2026

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Water

Seafood trade nearly equals meat trade worldwide, FAO finds

29 June 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Cambodia’s Indigenous communities say they are barred from sacred sites

26 June 2026

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Cities

Nepal’s rhododendron tourism sparks fears of unchecked liquor trade

24 June 2026

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Manufacturing

EU deforestation rules push Thai rubber farmers to seek support

23 June 2026

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Water

New data-sharing pact aims to curb illegal fishing across borders

17 June 2026

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Water

Mangrove reforestation boosts food security for Lombok fishers

15 June 2026

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Water

Fishers live in fear as looming El Niño and fuel crisis pile on pressure

10 June 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Nepal farmers struggle as wildlife damage relief proves hard to access

2 June 2026

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Policy & Finance

The Philippines is failing to include Indigenous people in climate decision making

18 May 2026

Solar energy now powers the cofee cooperative's factory in Bukidnon

Policy & Finance

Philanthropy Asia Alliance’s clean energy initiative pledges $2.6m for developing Southeast Asian communities

14 May 2026

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Water

Landless Bangladeshi farmers suffer as paddy fades in Barind

10 May 2026

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Food & Agriculture

The world’s great deltas are sinking, threatening global food supplies

8 May 2026

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Policy & Finance

Philippines urges Southeast Asian neighbours to accelerate renewable energy, stabilise food security at Asean summit

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