Asia News

RSS
6284 stories

$100 billion worth of carbon released from deforestation in Riau, Sumatra

Malaysia announces $103B development plan for Borneo island

5,000 mile-long tiger corridor proposed

Sumatran tiger faces extinction due to wildlife trade

10% of China’s forests destroyed in recent storms

First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality

Carbon tax would make China greener and reduce warming risks

Staples dumps Asia Pulp & Paper over its destruction of virgin rainforests

Borneo’s Sabah state will see $32B in investment

Palm oil industry prepares green initiative to counter criticism

U.S. biofuels policy drives deforestation in Indonesia, the Amazon

Tropical islanders win battle against palm-oil

E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel

Indonesia seeks to cut fuel subsidies via biofuels

Starfish invasion threatens world’s richest coral reefs

Palm oil developer abandons plan to log 70% of Woodlark Island

China bans plastic bags

Extremely high levels of mercury and arsenic found in Chinese lake

Scientists propose conservation areas for the unique island of Sulawesi

Rainforest chief killed in Borneo for his opposition to logging

Can China Go Green?

Orangutan should become symbol of palm-oil opposition

Lack of A-bomb signatures suggest 50 years of shrinking Tibetan glaciers

Japan cancels plan to kill 50 humpback whales

Thailand’s forests could support 2,000 tigers

Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty

Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands

Photos: Two unknown mammal species discovered in “lost world”

Bali delegates agree to support forests-for-climate (REDD) plan

70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil

Communities must benefit for forest carbon schemes to be effective

10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction

you're currently offline