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22 May 2020

Rainforest, Balok, Malaysia

Carbon & Climate

Tropical forests can still store ‘high levels’ of carbon under 2C of warming

21 May 2020

peatlands of Borneo, Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

14 May 2020

bushfire victoria australia2

Carbon & Climate

As Australia’s logging ‘madness’ fuels more fires, will it hasten ecosystem collapse?

palm oil indonesia8

Food & Agriculture

Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?

11 May 2020

ABS-CBN shutdown

Policy & Finance

Why the shutdown of the Philippines’ largest TV network is a blow to environmental journalism

4 May 2020

cambodia rainforest on fire

Food & Agriculture

As loggers exploit virus, Cambodian forest protectors defy state ban

29 April 2020

palm oil farmer Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimtan, Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

27 April 2020

Agricultural workers on their way to a plantation in Western Kalimantan. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

Food & Agriculture

As Indonesians leave the cities for the countryside, how ready are farmers for the novel coronavirus?

24 April 2020

forest in the Kapuas Hulu District in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Policy & Finance

What are the obstacles in protecting Indonesia’s forests and cutting emissions?

22 April 2020

Aidan Mock (YNC)

Policy & Finance

Students for sustainability… Yale-NUS College’s Aidan Mock

A woman with her baby at a bus stop in Delhi. Women in developing countries are being hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. Image: rajput/​SOPA Images/​Shutterstock

Carbon & Climate

How the coronavirus pandemic is changing people and our planet

20 April 2020

Workers in an oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

As palm oil for biofuel rises in Southeast Asia, tropical ecosystems shrink

17 April 2020

Moray McLeish, vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Asia, Olam International.

Corporate Responsibility

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

Dr Wai-Chan Chan, MD, Consumer Goods Forum

Food & Agriculture

Consumer Goods Forum appoints Asia specialist Wai-Chan Chan as new MD

15 April 2020

Deforestation Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Indonesia won’t ‘sacrifice economy’ for deeper emissions cuts

8 April 2020

Elim Sritaba, chief sustainability officer of Asia Pulp and Paper, with Pak Suryono, a farmer who previously used slash-and-burn techniques to prepare land for cultivation. Image: APP

Food & Agriculture

24 hours with... APP chief sustainability officer, Elim Sritaba

30 March 2020

logging east kalimantan indonesia

Food & Agriculture

Indonesia scraps timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom

19 March 2020

Mangroves, St John, Singapore

Food & Agriculture

Bucking global trends, Southeast Asian mangrove destruction is rampant

13 March 2020

Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex

Carbon & Climate

Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions

12 March 2020

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Corporate Responsibility

PepsiCo updates sustainable palm oil policy to close supplier loophole

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