https://www.eco-business.com/category/food-agriculture/Asia Pacific news, jobs, events for the cleantech & green enCopyright (c) 2016, Eco-BusinessFri, 09 Feb 2024 07:34:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/indonesian-organic-waste-recycler-temesi-closes-co-founder-blames-unfair-fertiliser-subsidies/The company partly financed by carbon credits was producing 30 tonnes of compost a day, but couldn’t sell it, said co-founder Sean Nino.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 07:34:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/indonesian-organic-waste-recycler-temesi-closes-co-founder-blames-unfair-fertiliser-subsidies/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/a-call-to-financial-institutions-work-with-palm-oil-stakeholders-to-scale-climate-action/Mutual benefits are assured when the financial sector collaborates with palm oil stakeholders. FIs can help smallholders secure credit, while getting access to data and insights required to make sound and profitable investment decisions.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:53:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/a-call-to-financial-institutions-work-with-palm-oil-stakeholders-to-scale-climate-action/https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-can-achieve-net-zero-well-before-2050-we-should-help-our-neighbours-to-decarbonise-activist-ho-xiang-tian/The Sustainability Leadership A-List Youth winner tells Eco-Business about the Singapore he wants to see: a carbon-neutral decarbonisation pioneer that has stopped financing fossil fuels in Southeast Asia.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:19:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-can-achieve-net-zero-well-before-2050-we-should-help-our-neighbours-to-decarbonise-activist-ho-xiang-tian/https://www.eco-business.com/news/indigenous-activist-on-how-to-confront-powerful-forces-to-protect-malaysian-forests-and-people-and-win/Celine Lim, the Indigenous leader of Sarawak-based NGO Save Rivers, tells Eco-Business how a solutions-based, non-violent approach to activism is protecting Sarawak's ecosystems and communities from logging and dams.Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:47:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/indigenous-activist-on-how-to-confront-powerful-forces-to-protect-malaysian-forests-and-people-and-win/https://www.eco-business.com/news/jokowis-land-reform-initiative-hits-roadblock-as-conflicts-nearly-double-report-shows/Land conflicts in Indonesia have nearly doubled under President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as his administration pursues an investor-first economic agenda that has sidelined local communities and the environment, a new report shows.Fri, 02 Feb 2024 02:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/jokowis-land-reform-initiative-hits-roadblock-as-conflicts-nearly-double-report-shows/https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-local-to-global-meet-the-most-impactful-young-sustainability-leaders-in-southeast-asia/From fighting to keep a province coal-free to paving more sustainable roads using plastic waste, this year’s Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List features youths on the frontlines coming together locally to make a difference globally.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:22:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-local-to-global-meet-the-most-impactful-young-sustainability-leaders-in-southeast-asia/https://www.eco-business.com/news/seaweed-could-survive-nuclear-war-avert-famine/A study finds that seaweed, a crucial source of income for many impoverished coastal communities, has the remarkable ability to endure and flourish even in post-nuclear war environments.Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/seaweed-could-survive-nuclear-war-avert-famine/https://www.eco-business.com/news/innovative-tool-designed-to-assist-palm-oil-firms-comply-with-deforestation-regulations/A new online tool launched by web-based monitoring platform Palmoil.io aims to help companies check their compliance with deforestation regulations for palm oil.Wed, 31 Jan 2024 02:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/innovative-tool-designed-to-assist-palm-oil-firms-comply-with-deforestation-regulations/https://www.eco-business.com/news/maluku-farmers-struggle-with-el-nino-induced-drought-amid-soaring-rice-prices-in-indonesia/Rice prices surged across Indonesia during the second half of 2023 as the effects of El Niño led to widespread crop failures.Tue, 30 Jan 2024 02:40:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/maluku-farmers-struggle-with-el-nino-induced-drought-amid-soaring-rice-prices-in-indonesia/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/women-bear-the-brunt-of-asias-climate-failures/What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia's agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/women-bear-the-brunt-of-asias-climate-failures/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/rich-countries-must-compensate-the-global-south-for-biodiversity-loss/Wealthy nations’ overconsumption is destroying nature, but is often not accounted for by ‘loss and damage’.Mon, 29 Jan 2024 04:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/rich-countries-must-compensate-the-global-south-for-biodiversity-loss/https://www.eco-business.com/news/rising-global-shark-mortality-rates-persist-despite-bans-on-finning-reveals-study/A new study finds that shark mortality increased by 4 per cent in coastal fisheries and decreased by 7 per cent in pelagic fisheries, between 2012 and 2019, despite legislation to ban shark finning increasing tenfold over this period.Thu, 25 Jan 2024 06:04:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/rising-global-shark-mortality-rates-persist-despite-bans-on-finning-reveals-study/https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladeshi-farmers-eye-moringas-dual-potential-as-climate-and-economic-solution/Farmers in Bangladesh are increasingly turning to the fast-growing, drought-resistant moringa tree, which is indigenous to South Asian nations such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:32:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladeshi-farmers-eye-moringas-dual-potential-as-climate-and-economic-solution/https://www.eco-business.com/news/civil-backed-proposal-aims-to-tackle-underlying-factors-of-thailands-haze-issues/Policymakers in Thailand have begun proceedings on a new Clean Air Act to address seasonal air pollution that blankets parts of the country every dry season, presenting what experts describe as severe health risks for citizens.Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:34:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/civil-backed-proposal-aims-to-tackle-underlying-factors-of-thailands-haze-issues/https://www.eco-business.com/news/one-third-of-companies-that-lost-sbti-net-zero-target-validation-are-from-asia-pacific/The UN-backed initiative started removing firms with validated commitments that didn't see through the process of setting emissions reduction targets early last year. Of 173 companies dropped from its list, 50 were based in Asia Pacific.Tue, 23 Jan 2024 05:46:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/one-third-of-companies-that-lost-sbti-net-zero-target-validation-are-from-asia-pacific/https://www.eco-business.com/news/ai-satellite-data-reveal-true-extent-of-unmonitored-fishing-ocean-industry/A new study shows that more than 75 per cent of industrial fishing activity and almost 30 per cent of transport and energy activity in the oceans has not been tracked by public systems, revealing a significant gap in global observational data.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:50:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/ai-satellite-data-reveal-true-extent-of-unmonitored-fishing-ocean-industry/https://www.eco-business.com/news/rising-tides-ruined-fields-show-how-bangladeshs-farmers-grapple-with-climate-change/Farmers and fishers in Bangladesh’s coastal belt report losses as climate-induced disasters and coastline changes threaten livelihoods.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/rising-tides-ruined-fields-show-how-bangladeshs-farmers-grapple-with-climate-change/https://www.eco-business.com/news/indonesias-extreme-wildlife-market-in-pictures/Bushmeat markets like the one in Tomohon, Sulawesi, have existed for centuries. But as moral questions and health risks hang over the sale of wildlife in the Covid era, can the practice of selling wild bat, rat and dog meat persist?Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:28:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/indonesias-extreme-wildlife-market-in-pictures/https://www.eco-business.com/news/silicon-bali-asias-paradise-for-sustainability-startups/As the island recovers from a pandemic-induced slump, it is trying to diversify its economy beyond tourism and attract green business. But can eco-startups scale or is Bali more beach than business?Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:18:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/silicon-bali-asias-paradise-for-sustainability-startups/https://www.eco-business.com/news/soil-may-be-foe-not-friend-in-climate-fight-scientists-find/New research incorporating experimental data reveals that global soils are emitting instead of storing carbon dioxide emissions. The world’s climate-safe carbon budget could thus be up to two-thirds smaller than thought.Fri, 05 Jan 2024 06:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/soil-may-be-foe-not-friend-in-climate-fight-scientists-find/