Unabated Climate Change: Asean Food Shortages, Overcrowding, Deaths
A recent report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Asian…
Preferring to Neither Sink or Swim Jokowi Pulls the Plug on Jakarta: Asean’s Sinking Cities
Last week the head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang Brodjonegoro, announced that the government is…
Indonesia ‘Death Zoo’: President Widodo Petitioned to Save Starving Sun Bears at Bandung Zoo
A petition imploring Indonesia President Joko Widodo and Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya…
Billions of Dollars in Litigation Awaits Philippines Mine Closures
The Philippine government faces decades-long litigation costing billions of dollars in legal fees and compensation…
Asia-Pacific: Where It’s Come From, Where It’s Going, & Where it is Now
As Asean prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in October it is an opportune time…
Indonesia Tops Asean as Highest Contributor of Marine Plastic
The ocean has become a swirling mass of pellets, water bottles, food packets, fishing wire,…
Resurrecting Another Marcos Era Ghost A Bad Idea: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
After allowing the burial of the remains of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the…
Trust, Communication, Data, Behind Nam Ngum Basin Success
Construction of the Nam Ngum hydropower plant started in 1968. Harnessing the power of the…
Ban The Bag: Cambodia Plastic Bag Law Approaches Reality
The days of Cambodia waterways and roadsides littered by discarded plastic bags could be just…
Government Ineptitude Turns Koh Tao Into Filthy Cesspool
The scene of a grisly double murder, a bungled police investigation, and a gross miscarriage…
Food Security Challenges Asia’s Rising Prosperity
Asia’s economic growth over the last decade has been relentless, bringing with it a rising…
Indonesia Forest Fires Carbon Emissions Surpass All of EU
Indonesia forest fires last year released 11.3 million tonnes of carbon per day, exceeding the…
Philippine Mining Sector: Polluting Mines to be Closed
Newly appointed Philippines environment secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez has warned the Philippines mining sector that…
Money For Mass Fish Die-Off Puts Pressure on Formosa And Government
After a long wait the Vietnamese government late last month declared the cause behind possibly…
Dead Fish Present Challenges For New Vietnam Leadership
Over the past month an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale has unfolded along Vietnam’s north-central…
Keeping Jakarta Safe From Floods
Every year food vendor Suwadi dreads the rainy season – and the ensuing Jakarta floods.…