Eco-Business

Environmentalists warn the plan to increase palm oil content in biodiesel will mean more deforestation, despite its association with renewables.

Climate policies like REDD+ often fail to prioritise Indigenous peoples, undermining their effectiveness in tackling the root causes of deforestation and climate change, according to a recent study.

Global biodiversity summit is underway in Cali, Colombia, with Latin American governments finding common ground on key issues, as finance continues to fall short.

COP16 environmentalists want to expand legal rights for rivers and fragile ecosystems to protect a fast-vanishing natural world.

By Athar Parvaiz

By Catherine Early

By Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Funders put billions into the ‘blue economy’ but are ignoring its core principles of equity and sustainability, says Essam Yassin Mohammed. By Essam Yassin Mohammed

What role can technology play in Indigenous land conservation around the world? By Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez and Amy Coughenour Betancourt

Activists calling for climate finance COP27

The International Court of Justice should address investment protection in its advisory opinion on states’ duty to take climate action. By Lorenzo Cotula and Camilla More

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. By Ming Li Yong

By Tarja Halonen and Hindou Oumarou

By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

By Amali de Alwis

By Veryl Hasan

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The veteran journalist talks to Eco-Business about how his Emmy-nominated documentary depicts the lives of environmental crusaders in Asia's deadliest country for guardians of the seas and forests.

Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.

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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