Biodiversity tops Asean agenda
The Asean Working Group on Nature and Conservation and Biodiversity session assembled key policymakers to deliberate on the conservation and sustainable usage of the region’s…
Environment
An eco-friendly trip in Phuket
What makes visiting Phuket an experience of a lifetime is a vacation that contributes to marine life conservation.
Bangladesh lost $3.72 billion in 20 years for climate change: Expert
Bangladesh is the seventh most climate change-vulnerable country in the world and it ranked fifth in the world in terms of such losses.
Breathless in Jakarta
In recent weeks, Jakarta has crept into the top of a list of cities with the worst air quality.
Vietnam’s footwear industry must implement green development to gain growth targets
Vietnam also targets to reach a total export turnover of footwear and handbags of US$38-40 billion by 2030.
3,400 officials held accountable for environmental violations
For government disciplinary punishment, officials will be warned, given demerit, demoted, and removed from their posts or expelled.
Politics of fear over Fukushima wastewater release
The paper says it is important for the Korean government to concentrate on verifiable scientific facts and communicate with the people swiftly, transparently and continuously.
From Taklimakan to Sahara, China and Africa in concert to combat drought, desertification
For many years, Chinese and African scientists have worked in concert to combat drought and desertification.
High seas treaty a collective game changer: S’pore foreign minister Vivian
The landmark treaty focuses on the conservation and sustainable use of marine life in the high seas, which lie outside national borders and therefore require global cooperation to…
Will Korean seafood be safe after Japan dumps Fukushima wastewater?
Some consumers have already started to hoard goods like sea salt out of fear that clean marine products might no longer be available, upon news that the contaminated water will…