#crops News

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Smoke signals from Amazon raise fears of global tipping point on climate change.
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The international trade body backed the EU’s decision to impose rules against palm oil as a biofuel due to emission risks but said the bloc failed to properly implement them, validating complaints by trade partner Malaysia.
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In some villages, unaffordable tuition fees are driving secondary school students to leave in favour of the mines.
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As climate change impacts hit farming, women driven into gruelling sugarcane work have the procedure to work harder, report says.
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#crops Opinion

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Wealthy nations’ overconsumption is destroying nature, but is often not accounted for by ‘loss and damage’.
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Bangladesh needs international support to protect its people from worsening climate change impacts and build out renewable energy.
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Respecting planetary boundaries can bring us back to a safe operating space where Earth’s life support systems are not at risk.
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Despite Thailand’s energy surplus, the country continues to support environmentally damaging hydropower in Laos, revealing just how removed financers are from the impacts of their investments.
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#crops Videos

Smallholder cooperatives are breaking new ground
EB Studio How are sustainable agricultural practices transforming smallholder livelihoods for the better?
The family is the most important thing to Dayak council chief Florianus Tihai
EB Studio The indigenous Dayak people of Kalimantan, Indonesia are working with an agribusiness giant to retain their time-honoured customs and practices while expanding the local economy.
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From conflict to co-existence: Earthworm Foundation has come up with a solution to managing human-elephant conflict in palm oil plantations in Sabah.
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Narrated by renowned environmentalist David Attenborough, Netflix's latest documentary series is a stunning insight into the world of animals and an urgent plea to protect their fast disappearing habitats.
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#crops Podcasts

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EB Studio An alliance between an environmental group and an agribusiness company aims to reduce encroachment by smallholder coffee farmers in the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, one of Sumatra’s last stands of lowland forest.
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EB Studio As global attention focuses on forests and the plight of orangutans, the untold part of the palm oil story is people. What is the industry doing to protect palm oil workers' rights and those of the people who defend their land as the industry expands?
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EB Studio [The EB Podcast] In this first episode of the series Tomorrow's cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how cold chain can secure the future of food in the world's most populous continent.
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