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Vietnamese rubber giant razes indigenous lands as Cambodian government grapples with legacy land issues

...the future. Being robbed of their land has impaired the villagers' livelihoods because they can no longer collect firewood, traditional medicine, honey, fruit and other forest products the way they us...

11 Jun 2020

Vietnamese rubber giant razes indigenous lands as Cambodian government grapples with legacy land issues

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Refugees are essential to the Covid-19 response

...the fight for racial justice and on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic – we should also recognise the challenges they face and offer them the protections they deserve. Consider, for example, tha...

4 Aug 2020

Refugees are essential to the Covid-19 response

Opinion / Policy & Finance

To give migrant workers a fairer deal, hold developers and the supply chain to account

...the day as the number of infected workers continues to spike in the city-state. When the dust settles around the massive endeavour, there is an all-important question we must ask: Have their living c...

22 Apr 2020

To give migrant workers a fairer deal, hold developers and the supply chain to account

News / Energy

Old batteries can be source of new energy

...ther factors, batteries in EVs in use today are unlikely to last for more than 10 years. The question is what to do with all those batteries once they have reached the end of their operating life. The...

25 Feb 2020

Old batteries can be source of new energy

News / Carbon & Climate

Lost giants: Logging and climate shifts slash forest carbon storage

...the main pollutant heating up the Earth's climate, and store carbon, which they release when they are cut down, or when they are burned or rot. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, most world governments h...

1 Jun 2020

Lost giants: Logging and climate shifts slash forest carbon storage

Michael Bloomberg speaks during a panel at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25)

News / Carbon & Climate

US exit from Paris deal a blow—but drive for climate action rolls on

...the government to pursue the goals outlined in the agreement. Simply put, the United States should stay with the other 189 parties to the agreement, not go out alone. The United States should be at th...

5 Nov 2020

US exit from Paris deal a blow—but drive for climate action rolls on

News / Policy & Finance

Explainer: How China could offer ‘debt swaps’ to help developing nations tackle climate change

...the environment. The long-standing challenge, however, is how to identify which countries are eligible for the debt-to-nature swaps.” Mapping the potential The second study, “China can help solve the ...

24 Feb 2021

Explainer: How China could offer ‘debt swaps’ to help developing nations tackle climate change

Pigs bred at the Qi Bu farm in Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.

News / Food & Agriculture

Closing the hunger gap through better animal farming

...The vitamin slows down the oxidation of the meat, its discolouration, and the development of off-flavours,” Iyengar explained. He added that the supplements have other benefits, such as enabling the a...

12 Mar 2021

Closing the hunger gap through better animal farming

News / Carbon & Climate

Students for sustainability... Monash University Malaysia's Janak Preet Kaur

...the leaders of the company take it seriously, which makes the job easier. I'm also interested in the environmental impact of the company. The bigger the environmental impact, the better—because you ca...

29 May 2020

Students for sustainability... Monash University Malaysia's Janak Preet Kaur

News / Policy & Finance

Covid-19: Can Asean make sustainable recovery a reality?

...the year battling the pandemic’s fallout, Southeast Asian leaders gathered virtually for the 37th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit hosted by Vietnam. What emerged from the meeting...

21 Nov 2020

Covid-19: Can Asean make sustainable recovery a reality?

News / Food & Agriculture

Why Indonesia’s ‘militarised agriculture’ raises social, environmental red flags

...the owners of production tools and lands.” There’s also the very real prospect that, in securing land for the plantations, the state will use the military to force people off their land on the pretext...

2 Nov 2020

Why Indonesia’s ‘militarised agriculture’ raises social, environmental red flags

News / Cities

Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?

...the DSI is being established with the government of Ethiopia in the lead. “We have agreed on the vision forward, we have brought together all of the partners who want to work together. Now the operati...

22 Feb 2021

Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?

News / Policy & Finance

Science suggests possible climate link to Covid-19

...the scientists behind the latest study mapped global vegetation as it must have been a century ago. Then they used what they knew of the ecology of the world’s bat species to estimate the global distr...

9 Feb 2021

Science suggests possible climate link to Covid-19

Opinion / Cities

Could the coronavirus outbreak be sustainability’s big break?

...the WildAid ad goes: When the buying stops, the killing can too. The future of telecommuting could allow greater work flexibility across the country While the trend for remote working has proliferated...

19 Feb 2020

Could the coronavirus outbreak be sustainability’s big break?

News / Food & Agriculture

India’s new farming laws driven by WTO demands

...the Indian farmers’ agitation may be the last chance to change the AoA. “If the farmers succeed in getting the government to strengthen the MSP system, it may actually compel the WTO to shift from the...

8 Mar 2021

India’s new farming laws driven by WTO demands

News / Food & Agriculture

Can better traceability brew up a sustainable recipe for coffee?

...the product's end-price. Furthermore, when farmers have trouble making a living from their crop, it makes it harder for them to consider the environmental impacts of their agricultural practices and ...

9 Apr 2020

Can better traceability brew up a sustainable recipe for coffee?

News / Food & Agriculture

Sime Darby Plantation chief sustainability officer Dr Simon Lord departs

...when the plantations business demerged in 2017, Lord moved across as CSO of Sime Darby Plantation. During his time with the company, the Briton oversaw initiatives such as Crosscheck, a platform that ...

8 Sep 2020

Sime Darby Plantation chief sustainability officer Dr Simon Lord departs

News / Corporate Responsibility

Tree planting pushes out pastoralists in the Himalayas

...their wool when they get entangled in Lantana bushes, leading to decreased incomes. The wrong trees Researchers found that most of the varieties of trees planted by the forest department in the last 4...

20 Jan 2021

Tree planting pushes out pastoralists in the Himalayas

News / Energy

Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos' energy plans?

...the end of the day, Laos is desperate for energy and they are going to take whatever they can get. But it is not helping the country in the long term, and they would be much better off developing indu...

16 Jul 2020

Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos' energy plans?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

...Their work strips smallholders of land, knowledge and agri-cultures, and propagates the inequalities that took root in the Green Revolution, the era after World War II when synthetic fertilisers, pest...

11 Oct 2020

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

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