A coalition of more than three hundred civil society organisations from 53 countries has launched a manifesto calling on government leaders and financiers at the Paris climate talks to keep large hydropower […]
Global coalition says mega-dams should be kept out of climate initiatives
Climate conference: environmentalists urge action to end forest destruction in Indonesia
Environmentalists from Indonesia who are in Paris for the COP21 United Nations climate change conference have called for urgent action to end the destruction of their country’s rainforests and peatlands. They appealed […]
People’s Climate March, Brisbane, Australia – in images.
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Environmentalists condemn licensing of Belo Monte mega-dam in Brazil
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) has shocked and horrified environmentalists by authorising the operating licence for the Belo Monte hydro-electric complex in the state of Pará. […]
Palm oil roundtable pledges to fix auditing defects
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), which has been accused of having critical deficiencies in its monitoring system, said yesterday that it was taking these claims very seriously and was working […]
Ambassadors for great ape conservation join call for action on Indonesia’s forest fires
Ambassadors for the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) have called on the Indonesian government to ban the use of fire to clear land if sustainable practices cannot be implemented. For months, huge […]
Indigenous activists join forces to stop mega-dams
The planned mega-dams in the state of Sarawak on Malaysian Borneo would not only flood huge areas of rainforest and displace tens of thousands of indigenous people, they would cause the loss […]
Malaysian government ‘creating a culture of fear’, says Human Rights Watch
The Malaysian government has gone on a binge of prosecutions of critics and is using broad and vaguely worded laws to criminalise peaceful expression, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a new […]
Indigenous anti-dam activists converge in Sarawak, Malaysia
Delegates from indigenous communities around the world, who gathered in northern Borneo to mark the two-year anniversary of the blockades against the proposed Baram mega-dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, have […]
Forest fires rage on in Indonesia, endangering people and wildlife
Massive forest fires are still blazing in Central Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, causing life-threatening levels of pollution, coming dangerously close to the base camp of The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, […]
Asia for Animals: a catalogue of cruelty – with glimmers of hope
Delegates at the Asia for Animals conference in Kuching on Malaysian Borneo heard about the horrors of the dog meat trade, the decline in animal populations, and the devastation being caused by […]
Asia for Animals conference: the horrors of illegal wildlife trading and live exports
In a call to action at the 2015 Asia for Animals conference, the CEO of International Animal Rescue, Alan Knight, urged delegates to call on YouTube and Google to adopt an animal […]
Asia for Animals conference opens in Borneo
The 2015 Asia for Animals conference began yesterday in Kuching on the island of Borneo, with a packed programme of presentations covering a huge range of issues. More than 300 delegates from […]
National Koala Alliance launches on World Habitat Day
A new alliance has been launched to protect the koala. The National Koala Alliance (NKA) – which is a non-profit network of wildlife carers, rescuers, advocates, conservationists, and researchers – chose World […]
Indonesia and Singapore take action against companies as forest fires continue to blaze
The Indonesian and Singaporean governments are taking action against companies accused of being responsible for forest fires that are still raging on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, causing fatalities and untold […]
Indonesians choke in crisis-level pollution as forests continue to burn
Large swathes of the islands of Sumatra and Borneo are still blanketed by choking pollution caused by illegal forest burning. The number of haze-related fatalities is difficult to calculate, but deaths are […]
Malaysia’s human rights commission condemns racism and provocation at ‘red shirt’ rally
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, Suhakam, has expressed its concern over “the irresponsible and confrontational actions” of certain protesters during Wednesday’s “red shirt” rally in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Suhakam […]
Police use water cannon against ‘red shirt’ protesters in Malaysia
The “red shirt” rally held in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday degenerated into violence when a group of protesters tried to break through police barricades and push their way into the […]
Pollution at danger levels as choking haze blankets Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore
As a choking haze caused by illegal forest fires continues to blanket whole regions of three countries in Southeast Asia, a state of emergency has been declared in two Indonesian provinces, and […]
Appeal rejected in landmark case against palm oil company in Indonesia
Indonesia’s Supreme Court in Jakarta has rejected an appeal brought by palm oil company PT Kallista Alam against a judgment that it illegally burned huge swathes of the environmentally precious Tripa peat […]