English
Publish with us
Subscribe
Asia Pacific‘s leading platform for sustainable development

News / South America

Earthshot_Satellites_Wildfire

Carbon & Climate

AI wildfire platform seeks Indonesia partnerships as regional haze worsens

Earthshot Prize finalist Satellites on Fire uses AI, satellite imagery and ground data to detect blazes earlier, and is now discussing potential projects in Indonesia as its fires blanket parts of Southeast Asia in haze.
Xiamen_High Seas Treaty

Policy & Finance

Behind the race to host the high seas treaty

Chile, China and Belgium are competing to host the headquarters of a landmark global ocean treaty. But why do they care so much?
Extreme_Weather_Flood_Boat_Dhaka

Water

Water stress increases downside risk to credit ratings of lower-income countries: AIIB

Improved water pricing can crowd much-needed investments into the water cycle and facilitate transfers from advanced to developing economies, the bank’s economists told Eco-Business.
Salmon__Farming_Regulation

Food & Agriculture

Salmon farming is coming to the end of the world

The Argentinian province of Tierra del Fuego has U-turned on its pioneering decision to ban salmon aquaculture, prompting conservation fears.

All South America News

12 March 2026

Squid_Reef_Fishing_China

Water

Labour and fishing abuses widespread in China’s Pacific squid fishery: report

12 February 2026

Extreme_Heat_Sports_Copa_Brasil

Lifestyle

Football in sun and without shadow: How extreme heat puts tomorrow’s stars at risk

9 February 2026

Julio Cordano-INC

Waste

Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks

4 February 2026

Frog_Brazil_Rainforest_Indigenous_Rights

Carbon & Climate

The Amazon rainforest and five reasons for hope

Palm oil forest carbon

Food & Agriculture

GHG Protocol launches first global standard for reporting agricultural land-use emissions

29 January 2026

Davos_Donald_Trump_WEF

Policy & Finance

Trump, China and 300 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil

Bridge_Ships_Wuxi_China

Policy & Finance

China enters race to host High Seas Treaty HQ

28 January 2026

EU_Mercosur_Trade

Policy & Finance

Birth of biggest ever trade bloc troubles environmental experts

12 January 2026

Journalists interviewing a wildlife ranger

Policy & Finance

Asia's climate journalists among those most physically threatened for their work

10 December 2025

Extreme_Weather_Ragasa_Hong_Kong

Carbon & Climate

The world is closer than ever to climate tipping points, but better investments can change that: UNEP

9 December 2025

COP30_Protest_Oil

Carbon & Climate

After COP30, Brazilian oil continues its rush towards the global market

1 December 2025

Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

Carbon & Climate

COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil's approach to people’s participation?

28 November 2025

COP30_Brazil_Biofuels

Carbon & Climate

COP30: Brazil seeks biofuel boom, but critics query climate impact

27 November 2025

COP30_Climate_Action_Indigenous_Brazil

Food & Agriculture

Brazil's Indigenous battle with a dry Amazon rainforest

21 November 2025

COP30_Deforestation_Indigenous_Brazil

Food & Agriculture

At COP30, Brazil's farmers defend record on forests

19 November 2025

COP30_Amazon_Deforestation

Carbon & Climate

As Brazil hosts COP30, is it a climate champion or nature foe?

Most popular

leaf background pattern

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Strategic Organisations

NVPC Singapore Company of Good logo
First Gen
NZCA