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Community-led conservation: When protecting the elusive Dulungan hornbill involves working with its exploiters
Filipino conservationist and founder of Antique-based Dulungan Youth Jann Vinze Barcinal shares how he is helping former poachers find new ways of making a living in ecotourism and nursery work so that they become the bird's protectors.
Carbon & Climate
Greenwashing fear is driving investment in sustainability in Asia – but also stunting climate ambition, study finds
Business executives around the region are very wary of being called out for greenwashing, a survey by Kearney finds. Changing rules for how firms can communicate their sustainability credentials are fuelling angst.
A 1°C warmer Singapore will result in an 88 per cent increase in economic losses to heat stress, which also negatively affects fertility, research by National University of Singapore finds.
Food & Agriculture
The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders
EB Studio
Women make up a large but undervalued part of the palm oil industry. How can the "backbone" of Indonesia's palm oil trade be included in the sustainability conversation?
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