Volunteers remove 350kg of trash off Sabah public beaches
By Avila Geraldine New Straits Times Sun, February 9, 2020 Volunteers clean by beah near Kota Kinabalu, Feb 8. Pic courtesty of Sutera Habour Resort KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia : […]
Cambodia: Mondulkiri officials ‘cleared forest’
Soth Koemsoeun The Phnom Penh Post Thu, February 6, 2020 The plaintiffs asked the court to seize hundreds of hectares of cleared forest as state property and to take action […]
Malaysia green groups seethe over call for their punishment
Sean Augustin Free Malaysia Today Sat, Jan 8, 2020 Attacks against NGOs by palm oil industry captains are unwarranted and unfair, say two environmental activist groups. PETALING JAYA, Malaysia: A […]
‘Semesta’: Nicholas Saputra-Produced Indonesia Documentary Mines Local Wisdom to Help Fight Climate Crisis
BY :NUR YASMIN JAKARTA GLOBE WED, JANUARY 22, 2020 ‘Semesta,’ a new documentary film co-produced by Nicholas Saputra, shows how local wisdom can help slow down the devastating effects of […]
Indonesia activists slam Samosir regency for sending waste to protected forest as pollution hits Lake Toba
Apriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post Sat, January 18, 2020 / 08:40 am Lake Toba. Photo: THE JAKARTA POST MEDAN, Indonesia – Environmental activists have condemned the alleged illegal use of […]
Palm oil industry needs a complete change of direction: Expert
Veronica Cordoba The Independent (SG)January 18, 2020 The EU has threatened to ban palm oil used in biofuels, targeting both Malaysian and Indonesian producers Photo: Malay Mail KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia […]
Women in Sumatra help preserve World Heritage forest to build food security
Dedek Hendry The Jakarta Post Thu, January 16, 2020 Members of farmers group Maju Bersama, Liswanti (left), Lisnawati (second left), Herawati and Purwani pose with ‘kecombrang’ (torch ginger) harvested from […]
Myanmar CSOs Urge Xi Jinping to Terminate Myitsone Dam Project
By Nan Lwin The Irrawaddy Thu, January 16, 2020 The entrance gate to the Myitsone Dam site in Kachin State, as seen in 2013. / / Nyein Nyein / The […]
Jakarta Flood Victims Submit Class Action Against Governor
BY DIANA MARISKA JAKARTA GLOBE MON, JANUARY 13, 2020 Flood victims take shelter inside a car in Kampung Baru, Kembangan, West Jakarta on Jan. 2. (Antara Photo/Muhammad Adimaja) JAKARTA, Indonesia […]
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