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Residents on Indonesia’s Bangka Island say wetland destruction from tin mining and oil palm expansion is driving a surge in deadly crocodile attacks along the coast.
The appointment comes amid increasing public scrutiny over governance and pressure for institutional reform, which has resulted in protests demanding the removal of the incumbent over alleged corporate influence scandals.
Seafood is so vulnerable to fraud that one in five products may not be what is claimed, warns the UNFAO.
The shipment are said to be over RM2.15 million (US$550,000) in value and found to be entering the country from Canada, Spain and Croatia, being falsely declared as copper concentrate.
#corruption 观点
Vietnam has grand plans to build a series of nuclear power plants. But it faces several challenges.
Membership of Asean brings Timor-Leste political visibility and economic opportunity, but also new exposure to disputes in a grouping where several members are wrestling with democratic backsliding.
COP30 in Belém, Brazil, must boost action on the Escazú Agreement to protect nature’s last line of defence.
This year’s advisory opinions from two prominent international courts mark a turning point, write two environmental law experts.
政策和金融
Green crime goes global
#corruption 视频
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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The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.
政策和金融
‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz
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.
#corruption 新闻发布稿
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
New joint UN report calls for urgent action to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies to prevent risks to all SDGs
Delta Electronics (Thailand) PCL
Delta Electronics Thailand Wins S&P Global SAM Silver Class Sustainability Award 2021
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