A new analysis from Greenpeace says that new regulations aiming to protect peatlands is most likely going to fall short of its goals, failing to stop peat degradation, emissions, and fires that are driving the current haze crisis in Southeast Asia. Read more below to find out how Greenpeace made this...
A new study reports that Methane leaks from palm oil waste water drastically increases the climate impact of palm oil production beyond emissions from land clearance, fire, and peatlands drainage. Read more to find out what is emitted, how it affects the people in the surrounding areas, and how this waste...
A new study finds that reduced logging practices as they are now in Indonesia do not meaningfully reduce carbon emissions. Read more below to find out what logging practices CAN cut down carbon emissions by about 50 percent and how this effects REDD+. Read more at Mongabay. Read more about...
The most recent project of Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s Sarawak Corridor Of Renewable Energy (SCORE) program is a planned phosphate fertilizer factory. Read more on where the money for these projects is coming from and what this project is doing to the people in the region. Read more on Sarawak Report. Read...
A palm oil company that destroyed valuable land and habitats has been fined millions of dollars in compensation as well has millions to restore the forest that was destroyed. Read more below to find out what this company destroyed and how they plan on dealing with this ruling. Read more...
According to a new study, environmental degradation not only hurts the environment and people’s livelihoods but public health as well leading to sickness, disabilities, and even death. Read more below to find out what the impacts are, who are most affected, and what this study hopes to achieve. Read more...
Indonesia selected the first head of its new REDD+ agency at the end of 2013. Read more below to find out more about REDD+ and what the duties are of this newly selected chief. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about REDD, then join the discussion on Facebook. Indonesia has...
A new report examines the externalized costs that companies place on global society, looking at major environmental sectors such as water use and greenhouse gas emissions. Incorporating this “natural capital” into the global economy could revolutionize environmental mitigation and climate adaptation. Read more from Mongabay Read more about Conserving Our...
Sarawak Report has received an explosive dossier from sources close to Taib, detailing a powerful conspiracy to depose the Chief Minister at the next PBB Party Convention, due in May. The high-level defectors will maintain a pretence of unity during the coming federal election, expected in March, but have collected...
(GENEVA/ BERN, SWITZERLAND) Twenty MPs file motion to freeze Malaysian potentate’s assets held by Swiss banks; Attorney General urged to declare the family of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud a criminal organization. Twenty Swiss MPs have filed a motion in parliament that calls for an immediate freeze of assets held by Swiss...
