Three supermarket chains in China have been named as selling pesticide contaminated vegetables by Greenpeace. The environmental group said their tests found chemicals classified as highly hazardous by the World Health Organization (WHO) on vegetables like spinach. Greenpeace named UK-based retail giant Tesco and Lotus – a Tesco joint-venture with Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group – and local chain Lianhua.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for more sustainable usage of land and natural resources during his Friday inspection of the Ministry of Land and Resources reports Xinhua.
Urban farming methods can enable city dwellers to grow their own food, save money and reduce carbon emissions from transport and energy use associated with food production.
The Cambodian government needs joined-up thinking to protect its rural poor as they come under increasing threat from climate change. It continues to threaten the prosperity and lives of Cambodians, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Program-Cambodia (UNDP).
President Hu Jintao said on Tuesday that China should implement a land-saving strategy and continue to adopt strict regulations regarding the protection of arable land.
The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki) believes that while exports of palm oil look to be going up, the economic slowdown in Europe might affect its planned target of 18 million tonnes, 15 percent higher than last year’s 15.6 million tonnes.
The world's biggest dairy manufacturer, New Zealand's Fonterra, has announced it's cutting back its organic produce operations and focusing on emerging Asian and Pacific markets.
The Malaysian Biotechnology Corp (BiotechCorp), the government-led agency responsible for developing the nation's biotechnology industry, is looking for money from the Government to provide venture capital funding to BioNexus-status companies.
China plans to invest two billion yuan (USD313 million) a year for the next five years on ecological protection for grasslands in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Pakistan is seeking technological solutions for an unfolding water crisis, caused by depleting natural water resources and wastefulness, which is turning much of its land arid.
US satellite and cable television news channel CNBC has canceled its flagship international business show, "World Business," following allegations that the lts production company, FactBased Communications (FBC), was doubling as a PR firm for Malaysian politicians alleged to be behind wide-spread illegal logging and other corruption.
Reports out of Australia indicate that Malaysia is the latest country to plan its own sustainability standard for palm oil producers. The move, however, could cause further confusion over any sustainable label on palm oil products and the justification of the move also calls into question the government's commitment to genuine sustainability.
As pressure mounts against the palm-oil industry and its unsustainable practices, Malaysia is ramping up its official rhetoric to support its aspirations to become a major biofuel supplier.
The Palm Oil Industry Club under the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is proposing the new Thai government pass a bill to establish an independent organisation to develop and supervise oil-palm agriculture and the palm-oil industry throughout the value chain, according to a report in The Nation newspaper.
Former governor-general Michael Jeffery has warned that the world is on the brink of an era of food and water wars and called for urgent action by China and Australia to tackle the looming disaster, according to a report in The Australian.
Hong Kong can boast more tree, moth, bat, butterfly and dragonfly species than the United Kingdom. Green space is accessible simply by jumping on a train or bus.
Smallholders at Cargill's oil palm plantation in Indonesia, PT Hindoli, have received their first premiums for the certified palm oil they produced, according to a statement released by Cargill recently.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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