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Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading Thai officials to warn citizens to avoid contact with river water.

Cambodian authorities have approved a new cement factory inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, despite a 2023 moratorium on new mining licenses, raising concerns about enforcement and conservation integrity.

Indonesia’s largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office, accusing 47 companies in the palm oil, mining and forestry sectors of corruption and environmental destruction, allegedly causing 437 trillion rupiah (US$26.5 billion) in state losses.

Exclusive Conservationists in Philippines have called into question a wind energy project in Samar which overlaps with a nature reserve, raising questions over ‘multiple use zones’ within nationally designated protected areas, where some commercial activities are legally permitted.

By Gabrielle See

By Rabul Sawal

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Nathaniel Peutherer

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Environmental crime has become so extensive that it is reshaping the global policy agenda, evolving from a niche concern to an urgent topic of international diplomacy. By Ilona Szabó and Robert Muggah

Street vendors work together to fight multiple challenges but they should not have to stand alone: governments must do more. By Lorraine Ndhlovu and Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh

Targeted and cost-effective foreign aid reforms can amplify America’s global influence and safeguard national interests, says non-profit chief. By Steven R Galster

Weakening the World Bank and other multilateral development banks that have a large United States presence could present an opportunity for a little-known, relatively new Chinese-led international organisation like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. By Tamar Gutner

By Ariel Macaspac Hernandez

By Jan-Werner Mueller

By Khairul Saidah Abas Azmi and Rozaimah Zainudin

By Gayathry Venkiteswaran

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Far too many Australian politicians receive financial support from, and give subsidies to, the fossil fuel industry, say climate campaigners. A new initiative by 350.org Australia calls for pollution-free politics in the country.

Non-profit groups WildAid and African Wildlife Foundation have released a video containing undercover footage, exposing ivory laundering in Hong Kong and the loopholes in its regulations on smuggled tusks.

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In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.

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