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9 February 2021

cambodian rice farmers

Food & Agriculture

How can Asia’s smallholder farmers endure both climate change and Covid-19?

Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition

Cities

Indigenous leader in Philippines 'red-tagged' and killed over dam opposition

5 February 2021

The Banten Suralaya coal complex in Banten, Java. The station will use ultra-supercritical technology, and is mainly funded by state utility PLN with financial advice from DBS Bank. Image: Greenpeace

Policy & Finance

An Indonesian village held hostage by coal pleads for change

27 January 2021

Klean's reverse vending machines are scaling up their plastic waste movement across Southeast Asia

Waste

Malaysian reverse vending machine startup eyes scale to tackle plastic crisis

25 January 2021

Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests

Food & Agriculture

Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests

20 January 2021

Tree planting pushes out pastoralists in the Himalayas

Corporate Responsibility

Tree planting pushes out pastoralists in the Himalayas

19 January 2021

Sime Darby's human rights charter PDF doc.

Food & Agriculture

What does Sime Darby's blacklisting from the US mean for palm oil's sustainability credentials?

14 January 2021

Build up Nepal

Green Buildings

Five years after the earthquake, can Nepal rebuild sustainably?

5 January 2021

Hope for palm oil

Food & Agriculture

Agribusiness giants ADM, Bunge trading in ‘conflict’ palm oil, new human rights report says

29 December 2020

COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerabilities of migrant workers, even as they underpin the bulk of economic activity in most countries. Image: Jaromir Chalabala via Shutterstock.

Food & Agriculture

From ruptures to fault lines: tracing the global impact of Covid-19 on migrants and rural development

14 December 2020

Tenant farmers Pakistan

Food & Agriculture

Low earnings and agricultural neglect push Pakistan into food insecurity

7 December 2020

fabella hospital covid

Policy & Finance

US-dominated Covid funding: What does this mean for developing Asia?

1 December 2020

farming in India

Water

Plummeting groundwater imperils farming in South, Central Asia

Farmer Mavis Gofa poses with grains she produced from her hometown in Mutoko, northeastern Zimbabwe

Food & Agriculture

Family farmers struggle to keep up with fast-warming world

30 November 2020

Myanmar’s jade mining industry

Policy & Finance

Danger and desperation in Myanmar’s jade mines

25 November 2020

Muaro Jambi temple Sumatra Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Coal piles threaten public health, ancient temple, in Indonesian village

23 November 2020

Mobile health team giving vaccines to a rural community in Ethiopia

Policy & Finance

The longest mile in the Covid-19 vaccine cold chain

18 November 2020

Typhoon Vamco (Ulysses) Rizal, Philippines2

Carbon & Climate

Duterte blames climate change for typhoons in the Philippines

proboscis monkeys borneo

Policy & Finance

Malaysian activists call on road planners to learn the lessons of history

10 November 2020

Orchid Island, Taiwan

Waste

Indigenous Tao way of life under threat on Taiwan island

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