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What poverty looks like on your plateAn average human adult makes an average of 35,000 decisions a day. For those at the bottom of the pyramid, these decisions are a matter of life and death. Eco-Business speaks to Lin Huiyi, the economist-artist behind the award-winning The Poverty Line project, about what survival means to people living on the bare minimum. -
Explainer: what is deep-sea mining?Prized rare metals sitting at the bottom of the sea could play a key role in creating an environmentally sustainable future on land, but scientists worry that deep-sea mining could irreversibly damage a vast and largely pristine ecosystem.
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Coastal communities take the lead: How plans to safeguard Southeast Asia’s biodiverse waters are evolvingFood & Agriculture
Coastal communities take the lead: How plans to safeguard Southeast Asia’s biodiverse waters are evolving
The lives of coastal dwellers and the ocean are intricately linked. New conservation initiatives build on this relationship, encouraging communities to take ownership of marine reserves and look after the resources that sustain them. -
Three palm oil firms were responsible for a quarter of deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea in 2020Food & Agriculture
Three palm oil firms were responsible for a quarter of deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea in 2020
These family-owned Indonesian firms, one of them Singapore-listed, supply the likes of Unilever, Danone, Kellogg’s, Mondelēz, and Nestlé. Thanks to Covid-19 movement restrictions, concessionary deforestation in Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea fell by 58 per cent last year.
Opinion
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Covid-19 has made HR the most important job in sustainability– Four in five of the world’s workforce is on lockdown due to Covid-19, with no end in sight. The post-pandemic world order needs one familiar function to tie social sustainability together – human resources. -
Don’t blame climate change for the Hurricane Harvey disaster—blame society– Hurricane Harvey isn't a "natural disaster" because disasters are not natural, says University College London researcher Ilan Kelman. Rather, they are the result of social and political forces which shape people's vulnerability to events. -
Paris Agreement signed. Now what?– Here’s what to consider as the global climate agreement set in motion at the COP21 in Paris moves towards implementation.
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