Environment

  State-owned MMTC has placed order for importing 6,090 tonnes of onion from Egypt and the consignment will be available in India for sale from early next month,...

  Malaysia and other palm oil-producing nations must not stay silent nor hesitate to take countermeasures if importing countries choose to impose discriminatory trade barriers, said Prime Minister...

  PT BMH, a controversial pulpwood concession controlled by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP Sinarmas), has frequently been the source of serious haze-causing peat fires. This year is no...

  The Secretary General of ICAO has stated that the enhancement of ICAO’s implementations is benefitting the Middle East both environmentally and economically. The Secretary General of International Civil...

  Indonesian President Joko Widodo has issued Presidential Instruction Number 5 of 2019 concerning the Cessation of Granting of New Permits and Improving Governance of Primary Natural Forests and Peat...

  Ahmed Abd-Rabo used to get all the water he needed to feed his crops 50 km (30 miles) from Egypt’s River Nile. Then supplies in the canal...

  Like many other Egyptian farmers, Mamdouh Fanou was wary of using a new agricultural machine, despite attempts by his local agricultural department to convince him of its...

  The acting chairman for Egypt’s Meteorological Authority Ashraf Saber Zaky warned of continued unstable weather over most of the country, within normal temperature ranges for this time...

  Two Indonesian journalists who were mediating a land dispute between local residents and palm oil plantation giants were found dead in North Sumatra province last week. After...

  The Egyptian government has unveiled an ambitious scheme to conserve irrigation water as the country is locked in a years-long dispute with Ethiopia over a giant Nile...