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Policy & Finance

Philippines gets $500 million in blue economy investment from ADB

The loan will finance projects that support sustainable management of the archipelago's marine ecosystems.
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Food & Agriculture

Indigenous voices shape fight for climate, food sovereignty from COP30 to Sri Lanka

Indigenous protests at the recently concluded COP30 echo global climate-justice demands, calling for territorial rights, forest protection and an end to extractive industries – themes strongly reflected in the discussions at the Nyéléni Global Forum on Food Sovereignty held this August in Sri Lanka.
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Lifestyle

Rewilding travel: Southeast Asia’s top ecotourism destinations

From Thailand’s elephant plains to the Philippines’ coral sanctuaries, these destinations share one belief: that tourism must give back more than it takes. In Southeast Asia, ecotourism isn’t just about seeing nature – it’s about keeping it alive.
MTerra Solar Project

Policy & Finance

Clean energy mega-projects must benefit Filipino households: BDO Unibank on financing the world’s largest solar facility

EB Studio The Philippine bank is the biggest lender to the US$2.64 billion MTerra Solar project, which aims to provide clean energy to about 2.4 million local households.

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26 August 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Mangroves store ‘blue carbon’ - but they’re disappearing fast

3 July 2025

Shrimp farms in Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

Indonesia’s aquaculture sector needs technical assistance, finance to match blue economy hype to reality: experts

2 July 2025

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Water

The fight for wetlands, wildlife and youth-led conservation in the Philippines: Matthew Vincent Tabilog

27 June 2025

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Policy & Finance

ICMA unveils new guidance for nature-themed bonds

18 June 2025

Del Carmen mangrovese Del Carmen Mangrove Reserve, located on Siargao Island in the Philippines, is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the country.

Policy & Finance

US$1 million needed to sustain blue carbon economy initiatives in the Philippines: UK conservation charity

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Carbon & Climate

Is the tide turning for ocean protection? UN conference ends with record attendance and momentum for high seas treaty

23 May 2025

Raphael Lotilla

Policy & Finance

Energy secretary Raphael Lotilla appointed as Philippines’ new environment chief

20 March 2025

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Policy & Finance

To save our ocean, we need a sustainable blue economy

3 February 2025

Thailand mangroves

Carbon & Climate

85 per cent of Southeast Asia’s mangrove projects face permanence risks: study

22 January 2025

Pulo Mangrove Sanctuary

Carbon & Climate

Will nature reporting and blue carbon projects take off in the Philippines in 2025?

23 October 2024

Fabien Cousteau, grandson of celebrated oceanographer Jacque Cousteau

Carbon & Climate

Marine conservationist 'trepidatious' over role of blue carbon credits in protecting ocean

16 October 2024

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Water

Fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging in Java amid fears of damage

14 August 2024

Palm oil bergs litter a beach in Hong Kong

Waste

RSPO mulls including palm oil waste dumping in revised sustainability standard

29 July 2024

Nodules on the deep sea floor

Carbon & Climate

Study revealing seabed minerals produce oxygen casts cloud over critical deep-sea mining negotiations

18 July 2024

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Food & Agriculture

Seafood farming surpasses wild catch for the first time: FAO

16 July 2024

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Policy & Finance

Are China’s blue carbon credits a free pass to harm its oceans?

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