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Rubber drives ‘at least twice’ as much deforestation as previously thought
...
smallholders
competing for an already very low rubber price.” She adds that it is “absolutely” critical that the EU deforestation regulators distinguish between farmers renewing existing rubber planta...
19 Oct 2023
Rubber drives ‘at least twice’ as much deforestation as previously thought
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Policy & Finance
Is it possible to work with China for development?
Some 10,000 kilometres from the rolling tea fields of east China, tea farmers in Kenya are fighting climate change using Chinese know-how. From planting trees to organically fertilising, tea plantatio...
9 May 2025
Is it possible to work with China for development?
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Food & Agriculture
Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?
...
smallholders
. “We are trying to transform agronomy practices and go more towards agro-ecology,” says Jean-Pierre Caliman, director of the group’s research and development arm, SMARTRI. “Soil cover is ...
7 Oct 2024
Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Asean should drive action for agri-food sector after COP29
By many accounts, the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) was a disappointment. Not only did it fail to reach an agreement on the follow...
6 Dec 2024
Asean should drive action for agri-food sector after COP29
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Policy & Finance
Will the EU’s deforestation law keep forests standing?
...
smallholders
. “More recently, governments have taken a backseat and the private sector has been speaking up about what they want to be defined as sustainable production.” The EUDR is the first large-s...
18 Jul 2023
Will the EU’s deforestation law keep forests standing?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
The key to sustainable food systems
The fabric of our global food system is fraying under the strain of climate change and an ever-expanding population. To prevent it from unraveling, we must embrace distributed renewable-energy solutio...
18 Sep 2023
The key to sustainable food systems
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Energy
South Asia's solar energy push faces a battle for land
Famed for its Sun Temple dedicated to the sun god, Modhera in Gujarat state became India's first fully solar-powered village in 2022, but a legal case against the plant is still in court as residents...
22 Nov 2024
South Asia's solar energy push faces a battle for land
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Water
The promise and peril of water markets
...
smallholders
lacked sufficient water during dry years. And similar trends have been observed in California, where a small proportion of water-rights holders control a significant amount of available w...
18 Oct 2024
The promise and peril of water markets
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Food & Agriculture
Forests found healing poorly from human incursion, worsening conservation headache
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smallholders
, while the United States has reportedly asked the EU last month to postpone the measure.
6 Jul 2024
Forests found healing poorly from human incursion, worsening conservation headache
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Policy & Finance
State-wide approach could transform palm oil
...
Smallholders
Smallholders
are typically seen as the weakest link in the supply chain, lacking access to the best land to cultivate, or the technical and logistical resources that commercial oil palm e...
8 Jun 2023
State-wide approach could transform palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil plantations absorb more carbon than tropical forests, claims Indonesian palm lobbyist
...
smallholders
unable to comply with stringent new rules. Maulizal was talking at the launch of the Farmers For Forest Protection Foundation (4F), which was set up by Indonesia's palm oil
smallholders
u...
2 Aug 2023
Palm oil plantations absorb more carbon than tropical forests, claims Indonesian palm lobbyist
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Singapore International Foundation announces first project of its Southeast Asia Partnership for Adaptation through Water (SEAPAW) in East Malaysia
The Singapore International Foundation (SIF), in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, today announced its first project of the Southeast Asia Partnership for Adaptation through Water (SEAPAW)....
20 Nov 2024
Singapore International Foundation announces first project of its Southeast Asia Partnership for Adaptation through Water (SEAPAW) in East Malaysia
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Lifestyle
Why this researcher is looking to conservation psychology for clues to solve Malaysia's long-standing human-elephant conflict
When Natasha Zulaikha was conducting her doctorate research on human-elephant conflict in Malaysia, a group of respondents in the study stood out: palm oil
smallholders
. Interacting with these locals...
1 Mar 2024
Why this researcher is looking to conservation psychology for clues to solve Malaysia's long-standing human-elephant conflict
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Food & Agriculture
Deforestation spike in Indonesia's 'orangutan capital' linked to firms financed by sustainability-linked loans
...
smallholders
that use traditional slash-and-burn techniques to clear land for planting, RAN found that those responsible for chopping forests in the reserve are powerful "land speculators". The report...
11 Nov 2024
Deforestation spike in Indonesia's 'orangutan capital' linked to firms financed by sustainability-linked loans
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Food & Agriculture
Revitalising coconut farming in Southeast Asia
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smallholders
accounting for 40 per cent. Coconut, by contrast, is almost entirely grown by
smallholders
on farms of less than two hectares. In fact, the Coconut Knowledge Center estimates that smallho...
24 Jul 2023
Revitalising coconut farming in Southeast Asia
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Food & Agriculture
How Indonesia's
smallholders
are reducing pesticides in coffee
Many people enjoy a hot cup of coffee to start their day or to relax during the weekends, making coffee one of the most heavily traded commodities in the world. As the world's third-largest producer o...
29 May 2023
How Indonesia's smallholders are reducing pesticides in coffee
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Carbon & Climate
Counting cyclone losses, Bangladeshis call for more climate action
As Bangladeshis count their losses from the cyclone that lashed low-lying coastal areas on Sunday, calls are growing for the government to bolster storm defences and aid mechanisms as extreme weather ...
30 May 2024
Counting cyclone losses, Bangladeshis call for more climate action
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Energy
Lufthansa executive advocates limited biofuel use, citing food waste, nature risks
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smallholders
to meet. Malaysia and Indonesia account for the bulk of palm product exports globally.
24 Nov 2023
Lufthansa executive advocates limited biofuel use, citing food waste, nature risks
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Policy & Finance
Indonesia, Malaysia cry 'discrimination' in lobbying against EU palm oil restrictions
...
smallholders
grouped under the government’s federal land agency, FELDA. This is because FELDA
smallholders
haven’t cleared any forest to establish new plantations since 1990, long before the law’s 202...
29 May 2023
Indonesia, Malaysia cry 'discrimination' in lobbying against EU palm oil restrictions
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Food & Agriculture
China’s eco farmers innovate to cope with extreme weather
...
smallholders
” – those farmers who work on a small scale and do not use chemical pesticides or fertilisers – will increasingly bear the climate in mind, finding and making new adaptations. “ In the pa...
7 Sep 2023
China’s eco farmers innovate to cope with extreme weather
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Waste Management
Circular textiles startup refuses clothing ‘donations’ from ultra fast-fashion brand
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Singapore-based circular clothing enterprise Cloop said it does not want to encourage dumping of cheap clothing that cannot …
Circular textiles startup refuses clothing 'donations' from ultra fast-fashion brand
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
New Singapore-based initiative aims to aggregate demand for high-integrity carbon credits and unlock financing for early-stage climate projects …
Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
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Corporate Responsibility
As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
At a youth festival in Singapore, students and young eco-preneurs discussed the state of the green jobs market …
As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
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Energy
How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
As nuclear energy returns, the government, universities and companies are training the next generation of engineers to operate …
How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia’s TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital
The world is spending only about US$200 billion a year on nature-based solutions, against an estimated US$700 billion …
Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia's TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital
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Energy
Coal-dependent Indonesia shows strongest public support for phasing out the fossil fuel
Despite being the region's largest coal producer and one of the world's biggest users of coal power, Indonesians …
Coal-dependent Indonesia shows strongest public support for phasing out the fossil fuel
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