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Indonesia dam burst raises alarm over unchecked forest clearing

...ins. "There is a lot of mining and land conversion that increases silting and fills the rivers with dirt," he said. Forests 'super critical' Turning forested land into fields or mining it for rock and...

11 Feb 2019

Indonesia dam burst raises alarm over unchecked forest clearing

Press Releases / Building and Construction Authority

Transforming the way we build at Singapore's inaugural International Built Environment Week

...Innobuild (IB) Asia presenting cutting-edge construction materials, tools and technologies to drive construction productivity and resource efficiency, and Smart Cities and Buildings (SCB) Asia highlig...

17 Sep 2019

Transforming the way we build at Singapore's inaugural International Built Environment Week

News / Carbon & Climate

As wild weather worsens, Philippines migration takes on a female face

...ingapore's average monthly wage is more than 30 times that of Cambodia, while Malaysia's is triple that of Indonesia and the Philippines, it said. Migration plays an outsize role in the Philippines' e...

4 Apr 2018

As wild weather worsens, Philippines migration takes on a female face

News / Energy

Government unhappy, but Pakistan to stay with coal

...ification (getting rid of load shedding) to acquire a liability for future generations,” he said. Talking to thethirdpole.net, Malik Amin Aslam, the newly appointed advisor to the Pakistani Prime Mini...

28 Aug 2018

Government unhappy, but Pakistan to stay with coal

News / Energy

Villagers in Sumatra blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

...ince Rasid has felt safe sleeping in his bedroom. Ever since a crack appeared in the wall, he’s slept in his living room. “I’m horrified of being in the room, I’m afraid it might collapse,” he says. F...

5 Jul 2018

Villagers in Sumatra blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

News / Food & Agriculture

How the rise of gourmet chocolate can lift the fortunes of small farmers

...ity to revive chocolate production in countries with a rich tradition of cocoa cultivation like Belize and Guatemala. Uncommon Cacao (UC) began in 2010, with a goal of growing high-quality, sustainabl...

4 Jan 2018

How the rise of gourmet chocolate can lift the fortunes of small farmers

Opinion / Waste

Why was there single-use plastic at this zero waste event in the Philippines?

...ilippines, Nestlé Philippines, Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Universal Robina, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever Philippines. The Philippine Plastics Industry Association and environmental non-gov...

7 Feb 2019

Why was there single-use plastic at this zero waste event in the Philippines?

Opinion / Waste

Circular economy: ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste

...istoric people started to combine copper and tin on a regular basis, making metal known as bronze. The mass adoption of this artificial material caused significant shifts. Societies reoriented themsel...

11 Jan 2019

Circular economy: ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist

...icularly of the financial kind. Today, many industry groups follow this familiar path: supporting science denial with the left hand, while giving to cutting-edge research and science with the right. T...

26 Aug 2017

I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysian state makes 80 per cent forest preservation commitment, but some have doubts

...ins,” Lawson said, “but given that the administration has a long history of broken promises and disinformation in this regard, I would treat any such promises with a great deal of skepticism.” Lawson ...

13 Mar 2018

Malaysian state makes 80 per cent forest preservation commitment, but some have doubts

Chinese food at a Singapore coffee shop or hawker centre

News / Waste

Singapore's foodie culture can help it beat food waste: Tristram Stuart

...Isn’t it premature to be celebrating that? What I'm pointing to is that we're not going to win the battle by preaching, finger wagging and making people feel bad, but by being inspiring and engaging s...

18 Aug 2017

Singapore's foodie culture can help it beat food waste: Tristram Stuart

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Eco-Business releases new documentary: From Asia to Antarctica

...ic Negative Carbon Initiative (ACNI) which will be a set of protocols for the cruise industry to offset 1.25 times the carbon impact of taking customers to the Arctic. Its mission is to set the standa...

13 Jun 2018

Eco-Business releases new documentary: From Asia to Antarctica

News / Carbon & Climate

A clever fix to the biggest climate problem

...ical compression system does.” Phononic is deploying this technology in a variety of ways — cooling electronics, chilling wine, refrigerating medicine and vaccines at hospitals, among other applicatio...

21 May 2018

A clever fix to the biggest climate problem

Trees made bare by acid rain in Smokey Mountain National Park, USA

News / Policy & Finance

Is there a market-based solution to Southeast Asia’s haze problem?

...ithuania, Sandor explained. Dr Richard L Sandor. Image: National University of Singapore Recalling his work in Kerala state in Southern India in 2007, Sandor said he and the Chicago Climate Exchan...

7 Nov 2018

Is there a market-based solution to Southeast Asia’s haze problem?

Dr Zhaotan Xiao from RWDC Industries pitching biodegradable bioplastic straws at The Liveability Challenge Finale

News / Waste

Biodegradable straws win at The Liveability Challenge 2018

...iteria for evaluation: impact, feasibility and commercial viability. “The cost proposition was very competitive, and it’s an impressive solution to deal with the scourge of ocean plastic, so it merite...

13 Jul 2018

Biodegradable straws win at The Liveability Challenge 2018

News / Manufacturing

Aida Greenbury talks about transforming business as usual in Indonesia

...In her interview with Mongabay, Greenbury discussed her ambitious vision for shifting business-as-usual in Indonesia and beyond, including saving and restoring the planet’s vanishing wild places. Rhet...

18 Jul 2017

Aida Greenbury talks about transforming business as usual in Indonesia

Singapore's 'City in a Garden' plan has seen a network of parks, nature reserves and greened buildings span the 70 kilometre-squared island—but the country has just 0.5 per cent primary forest cover left. Image: Eco-Business

News / Green Buildings

Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?

...ing firm GWS Living Art. If the temperature inside the building is lowered, so is the need to blast it with energy-guzzling air-conditioning. The "breathing wall" acts as a sound barrier, air purifie...

19 Sep 2018

Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysia calls on Southeast Asia to back palm oil against EU's ‘unfair’ claims

...is in utilising higher-yielding planting materials and increasing productivity without the need to expand into new forests or peatlands,” Kok said. “This means we can progressively achieve oil yields ...

6 May 2019

Malaysia calls on Southeast Asia to back palm oil against EU's ‘unfair’ claims

News / Food & Agriculture

The fight over meatless meat is starting to bite

...ion in China. The Asian market, with its big population, growing middle class, and increasing meat consumption has investors licking their lips with anticipation. The meatless meat trend is being driv...

16 May 2018

The fight over meatless meat is starting to bite

News / Energy

In rush to electrify, Cambodia stirs the living and dead

...ion for their lost homes and crops, they said, and build infrastructure including a well, school and a health centre. "Radical environmentalists" The villagers said they stayed in their homes until ri...

5 Jun 2018

In rush to electrify, Cambodia stirs the living and dead

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