Eco-Business

India-based Kunal Sharma will lead the international sustainability non-profit’s work on energy transition.

Key changes have raised concerns among some marine conservationists and defenders of artisanal fishers’ rights, who say the new regime is oriented mostly toward the large-scale exploitation of Indonesia’s marine resources when more than half of fishing zones in the country are already “fully exploited.”

Indonesia's push to build 57 new dams by 2024 could boost water storage and help with floods, but is causing new problems as well.

Villagers in the Batang Toru forest in northern Sumatra say orangutan sightings in their farms and settlements have increased recently.

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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has left the climate tech community reeling. We need more investment in climate innovation, so how do we fill the gap SVB has left? By Amali de Alwis

More Indonesians are eating fish as part of their regular diet but microplastics do make it risky. There are ways to mitigate that risk. By Veryl Hasan

Muslims praying and wearing face masks as precaution against Covid-19

Critics say that the Religion of Twenty, or R20 conference, recently held in Bali, is problematic as it excluded Indonesian Muslim environmentalists from the discussion. Activist groups inspired by Islamic and pro-environment ideas have the potential to do more to address climate change, if those in charge hear them out. By Aninda Dewayanti

The world's prospects of a better, fairer future are inextricably linked with the minerals and metals beneath our feet. Is it time to make peace with the industry that extracts them? By Bridget Storrie

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Dr Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering study of chimpanzees nearly 60 years ago in Tanzania, continues her work to conserve nature in Africa by joining an expedition to protect the continent’s highest peak.

As the UN climate change conference enters its crucial final days, global social media campaign #EarthtoParis wants to send a strong message to world leaders: Make this the turning point against climate change.

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Civic groups charge that an anti-foreign interference bill will muzzle civil society. How can activists safely advocate for human rights? Eco-Business asked Vanessa Ho from Project X and Fair Finance Asia's Bernadette Victorio.

Pro-miners argue that deep-sea mining is essential to enable the energy transition. On the Eco-Business podcast, Sian Owen of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition argues why nature's last frontier should be protected, not exploited.

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