Ecology and Environment

GAIA Asia Pacific Calls for Stronger Safeguards 27 October 2023 – The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific, a network of 120 grassroots alliances in the region, said that the recently released Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) draft Environmental…

26 October 2023, Davao City/Quezon City. Environmental health groups, Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), and the EcoWaste Coalition have deplored the illegal sale of some paint products with high lead content in Davao City, Philippines. Based on the sampling…

Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat, addressed its millions of followers across Bharat (the name for India in several Indian languages) on the occasion of Vijayadashami on 24 October 2023. ( a major Hindu festival celebrated every…

By: Assaf Levy, BioDB Dolphins are known for their playful nature and remarkable intelligence. Most people think of them as inhabitants of the vast oceans, leaping through the waves. However, there are dolphins that live in freshwater habitats, far away…

23 October 2023, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, a non-government organization (NGO) working for a zero waste and toxics-free society, appealed to organizers of trick-or-treat events to make Halloween a healthy and safe experience for children, as well as the…

Global warming is consuming vast portions of the planet with a swagger that defies all expectations. Rivers in the Amazon rainforest are drying up. This is not supposed to be happening to such an extent, even during the dry season.…

This is an opinion piece by Andi Misbahul Pratiwi, PhD candidate at the University of Leeds in England and researcher at the Gender Research Centre of the University of Indonesia. LEEDS, UK – Climate change has different impacts on men…

19 October 2023 – The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific formally submitted its position on the proposed Philippine Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Guidelines (SFTG) to prevent the financing of industries that are harmful to the objectives of circular…

Unfortunately, most of the decisions that governments say they take at the global level, are only moves to entertain citizens and that we see in it that they are doing something to combat what they themselves have caused. They have…

What was once the nature-rich, 190-kilometer (118 miles) Manila Bay coastline famous for its beautiful sunset, straddling the highly populous capital region of Metro Manila and several provincial regions, is facing severe environmental degradation called reclamation. These reclamation projects pose…