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palm oil farmer Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimtan, Indonesia

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Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

...Malaysia. So the government should be focused on small farmers.” The total area of farms managed by smallholders increased by 35 per cent between 2013 and 2018, yet their per-hectare yield during that...

29 Apr 2020

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

News / Carbon & Climate

No more fires in Indonesia? Blazes on Sumatran peatland say otherwise

...Malaysia and Singapore. “This means there hasn’t been an overhaul in the way the government handles land and forest fires,” Khalisah Khalid, a spokeswoman for the Indonesian Forum for the Environment ...

1 Apr 2019

No more fires in Indonesia? Blazes on Sumatran peatland say otherwise

News / Policy & Finance

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’, say conservationists

...Malaysia.” The Coca Codo Sinclair dam that it built in Ecuador also had construction problems, with more than 7,000 cracks appearing in its machinery within months of completion. An official report by...

3 Feb 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’, say conservationists

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysia's top forestry official steps down

...Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the aftermath of his party’s poor showing in Malaysia’s May general election. Aman lost his position in June when Sabah’s state assembly backed rival Shaf...

12 Aug 2018

Malaysia's top forestry official steps down

News / Food & Agriculture

Could this tool nudge Southeast Asian shoppers to switch to green palm oil?

...Malaysia, the second largest producing country, is considering restricting imports of French products over plans to remove palm oil from biofuel in France in 2020.

30 Apr 2019

Could this tool nudge Southeast Asian shoppers to switch to green palm oil?

News / Food & Agriculture

As aquaculture booms, it's consuming more fish than it produces

...Malaysia, explains: “A fair proportion of the fish production on the planet relies on fish feed. As we get intensive with our farming and try to increase productivity from the water to meet global dem...

23 Oct 2019

As aquaculture booms, it's consuming more fish than it produces

Opinion / Energy

Amazon’s electric trucks: US$20 billion turning point for sustainable shipping

...Malaysia and the US, will be in the vanguard. Such vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services, conceptually, could result in vehicle owners earning cash or electricity credits. Fleets of batteries, whether in veh...

25 Sep 2019

Amazon’s electric trucks: US$20 billion turning point for sustainable shipping

News / Food & Agriculture

British upmarket retailer Selfridges strips palm oil from 300 own-brand products

...Malaysia and Indonesia. RSPO has been criticised by green groups in recent years for failing to decouple palm oil certification from environmental and social problems, and in March the European Union ...

10 May 2019

British upmarket retailer Selfridges strips palm oil from 300 own-brand products

Opinion / Cities

Can Indonesia relocate its capital without derailing its Paris Agreement targets?

...Malaysia’s Sabah and Sarawak, which are abundant in hydropower. To successfully relocate its capital without sacrificing its emissions reduction targets, Indonesia must be more ambitious in curbing cu...

20 Sep 2019

Can Indonesia relocate its capital without derailing its Paris Agreement targets?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Conservation careers negatively affected by Covid-19 pandemic

...Malaysia, Madagascar, Costa Rica and Paraguay – recruitment has been suspended indefinitely in the face of uncertainty. “Before [Covid-19], we were looking to recruit part-time development staff/consu...

13 Apr 2020

Conservation careers negatively affected by Covid-19 pandemic

Houston, you have a problem. Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey

News / Carbon & Climate

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

...Malaysia's national electricity company, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, recently told Eco-Business that Malaysia, which is the world's third biggest manufacturer of photovoltaic cells, is "not suitable" for ...

31 Oct 2018

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

News / Cities

Smart cities of the future: eco-utopia or dystopian nightmare?

...Malaysia and China using smart technology. Green ghost towns? However, while new cities appear to signify environmental and technological progress, many are still far from the cosmopolitan ideal that...

2 Mar 2020

Smart cities of the future: eco-utopia or dystopian nightmare?

News / Food & Agriculture

Europe's food makers find green palm oil hard to stomach

...Malaysia. But with less than two years to go until the end of 2020, only 74 per cent of palm oil bought by Europe's food industry was certified as sustainable, the IDH report said. "To meet the 100-pe...

20 Feb 2019

Europe's food makers find green palm oil hard to stomach

News / Energy

Can Chinese aid steer Asia toward clean energy?

...Malaysia to discuss how they see their energy systems developing, and to better grasp what technologies, experience and funding China might provide.“It’s not that I’m being radical,” says Jiang Kejun,...

2 Dec 2019

Can Chinese aid steer Asia toward clean energy?

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia’s bid to become a tourism paradise sidelines land rights

...Malaysia as a key tourist draw. Indonesia recorded 13.6 million foreign tourist arrivals from January to October 2019 — a far cry from the record 39 million that Thailand attracted throughout the year...

16 Jan 2020

Indonesia’s bid to become a tourism paradise sidelines land rights

News / Energy

Dirty deeds of the clean energy sector: Investors urged to step up

...Malaysia and Myanmar were next, with eight and six allegations, respectively, also related to hydropower. With the highest global installed generation capacity of 1,172GW in 2018, hydropower projects ...

17 Jul 2019

Dirty deeds of the clean energy sector: Investors urged to step up

News / Corporate Responsibility

From Malaysia to Myanmar, social ventures build homes and safe spaces

From building homes for indigenous people in Malaysia to opening up public spaces for women in Myanmar, a growing number of businesses with a social purpose are improving the lives of vulnerable commu...

25 Jun 2018

From Malaysia to Myanmar, social ventures build homes and safe spaces

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Covid-19 is a product of our unhealthy relationship with animals and the environment

...Malaysia and Laos. There they would be able to walk on grass, climb, bathe in ponds and enjoy the sunshine and the company of other rescued bears. And a decrease in the demand for pangolin scales and...

8 May 2020

Covid-19 is a product of our unhealthy relationship with animals and the environment

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia scraps timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom

...Malaysia, Singapore, and Timor Leste, we still need to use the SVLK system,” Wiradadi told Mongabay. “Besides being complicated, the cost is also quite high. This system is a shackle for the furniture...

30 Mar 2020

Indonesia scraps timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom

Opinion / Energy

The changing face of electricity in Malaysia

...Malaysia's energy mix from 2015, according to the IEA. Image: International Energy Agency To demonstrate how Malaysia can run on renewable energy, the state of Sarawak plans to have roughly two-thir...

7 May 2018

The changing face of electricity in Malaysia

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