Under Vietnam’s proposed carbon for forest ecosystems services programme, the country’s 100 largest emitters, primarily cement manufacturers and coal-fired power plants would pay forest communities and landowners to protect and expand forests.
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Southeast Asia’s aggressive development to spur economic growth and feed its growing populations are stripping the region’s coasts of mangrove forests at rates faster than anywhere, new research shows. 
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The coronavirus has brought home the extent to which the success of Southeast Asia's manufacturing depends on China.
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Les populations d’éléphants d’Asie ne cessent de baisser en Inde, pays qui ne compterait plus que 30 000 individus.
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Diseases like coronavirus which are passed from animals to humans are rising as wild habitats are destroyed and cities become more densely populated.
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Across Asia, ‘alternative’ agriculture or ‘rainbow’ revolution remains a non-starter. Even the much-hyped ‘diversification’ in agriculture in Punjab has not succeeded in the past more than three decades despite its dire need
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Many Chinese farmers are shopping online for vital supplies as the spring planting season gets under way and the coronavirus outbreak disrupts traditional supply chains, providing a huge boost to business for e-commerce platforms.
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As the coronavirus pummels the continent, Asian women are most vulnerable to job cuts, experts say.
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West Africa’s Polisario Front sues New Zealand's main pension fund over alleged illegal phosphate shipments
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One Vision, One Identity, One Community.” That’s the motto of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional intergovernmental organization made up of 10 countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Singapore is fast becoming Asia's hub for food tech innovation as startups and authorities join hands to develop disruptive food solutions.
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African swine fever has wiped out 40% of the country’s 440 million pigs.
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China's agriculture ministry said on Thursday Sichuan province had detected a new African swine fever case in pigs illegally transported from other provinces.
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South Korea, the world’s seventh-largest carbon emitter, is home to energy-intensive industries such as automotives and steel. Its ruling political party wants to end the nation’s contribution to climate change.
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How are new mega-mergers in Asian stacking against each other, and how could they change competition in the shipbuilding market?
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China has drawn up food safety standards on residue limits of growth hormones in beef, a move seen as a further step towards opening up its market to American imports of the meat.
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Starfield, a Shenzhen-based "2.0" food tech, has just closed an angel funding round led by New Crop Capital, Dao Foods and Matrix Partners.
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China said on Monday that it is encouraging companies to build pig farms overseas to plug a severe domestic pork shortage after a worse-than-ever African swine fever slashed almost half of its pig herd.
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Last week’s OECD Interim Economic Outlook confirmed, as predictable, that the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on China’s and the rest of the world’s economy is going to be extremely severe.
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The South Asian summer monsoon (SASM), the strongest component of the global monsoon system, contributes about 80% of the annual rainfall in South Asia. It provides the principal water supply for more than a billion people. Hence, being able to predict SASM variations on different time scales is vital for agriculture, ecosystems, and the hydrological cycle in the région.
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Global markets are melting down, economic confidence is thinner than air, and developed countries are grappling with the stark reality of a massive recession.
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The rapid pace of deforestation, urbanisation and road building are major factors in the spread of infectious diseases across Asia, including the coronavirus, health and environment experts said on Wednesday.
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Jo-Anne McArthur reports from the ground in Australia, where wildfires have wreaked havoc on farmed animals and wildlife.
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Scientists are championing biopesticides and better monitoring — but heavy rains, war and a lack of funding have been hampering efforts to control the biggest outbreak in more than a quarter of a century.
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Since the turn of the 20th century, the Godrej family has made bank safes.
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