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by lizkimbrough on July 28, 2021 at 5:14 pm

Global energy and commodities trading house Hartree Partners has pledged to channel more than $2.8 billion of private sector investments toward creating new carbon credits. Under the threat of climate change and increased pressure from consumers, many companies are trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. But for those unable to eliminate emissions, voluntary carbon markets

by Basten Gokkon on July 28, 2021 at 3:28 pm

JAKARTA — Indonesia has once again enforced a full ban on the use of a group of seine and trawl nets that threaten the sustainability of the country’s fish stocks. The Indonesian fisheries ministry issued a new decree at the end of June that excludes several seine and trawl nets from being operated in the

by Glenn Scherer on July 28, 2021 at 2:15 pm

Nearly half of Brazil’s savanna biome has already been lost to agriculture. Scientists say further deforestation may bring biodiversity collapse and disastrous drought, putting Brazil’s water supply and agricultural economy at grave risk.

by Hans Nicholas Jong on July 28, 2021 at 1:56 pm

JAKARTA — One of the biggest palm oil growers in Indonesia has announced a plan to rehabilitate an area half the size of New York City to atone for its past clearing of rainforests and peatlands. KPN Plantation, formerly known as Gama Plantation until 2019, recently published a document detailing its plan to rehabilitate 38,000

by elizabethalberts on July 28, 2021 at 1:23 pm

The California condor has been teetering on the brink of extinction for decades. When the species was first assessed in 1994 for the IUCN Red List, the global authority on the conservation statuses of species, it was listed as “critically endangered.” Nearly 30 years later, its status has not changed. But this doesn’t tell the