https://www.eco-business.com/category/water/Asia Pacific news, jobs, events for the cleantech & green enCopyright (c) 2016, Eco-BusinessFri, 13 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/toxic-runoff-from-myanmar-rare-earth-mines-threatens-thai-waterways/Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading Thai officials to warn citizens to avoid contact with river water.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/toxic-runoff-from-myanmar-rare-earth-mines-threatens-thai-waterways/https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippines-bets-on-natural-gas-to-accelerate-renewable-energy/A new law paving the way for the promotion of natural gas has been labelled an “insult” by climate campaigners.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippines-bets-on-natural-gas-to-accelerate-renewable-energy/https://www.eco-business.com/news/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-how-does-it-harm-oceans/Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:33:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-how-does-it-harm-oceans/https://www.eco-business.com/news/one-year-on-impacts-of-a-landmark-legal-opinion-on-climate-change/An international court’s opinion that greenhouse gases are an ocean pollutant is already being used in the fight against climate change.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/one-year-on-impacts-of-a-landmark-legal-opinion-on-climate-change/https://www.eco-business.com/news/india-pakistan-water-pact-outdated-in-climate-era/India unilaterally suspended the 1960 Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, citing cross-border terrorism amid longstanding calls for updates to address climate change and population growth.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:59:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/india-pakistan-water-pact-outdated-in-climate-era/https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippine-marine-life-under-threat-from-industrial-fishing/Scientists warn a court ruling that allows large commercial fishing boats in waters near cities may deplete fish stocks.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:09:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippine-marine-life-under-threat-from-industrial-fishing/https://www.eco-business.com/news/global-wheat-yields-would-be-10-per-cent-higher-without-climate-change/Global yields of wheat are around 10 per cent lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study.Mon, 02 Jun 2025 03:57:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/global-wheat-yields-would-be-10-per-cent-higher-without-climate-change/https://www.eco-business.com/news/environmental-defenders-targeted-in-75-per-cent-of-human-rights-attacks-report-finds/A decade-long analysis finds most attacks on human rights defenders target those protecting land, climate and the environment, with mining posing the greatest risk.Fri, 30 May 2025 03:38:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/environmental-defenders-targeted-in-75-per-cent-of-human-rights-attacks-report-finds/https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-push-for-3030-ocean-protection-goal-needs-to-be-locally-led/To meet a global goal of protecting 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030, governments must think small, says Rocky Sanchez Tirona of biodiversity NGO Rare.Thu, 29 May 2025 04:47:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-push-for-3030-ocean-protection-goal-needs-to-be-locally-led/https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippines-uses-mangrove-buffer-zones-to-protect-its-coastlines/Renewing mangroves and beach forests could protect Philippines coast from typhoons, storms, floods and land erosion.Thu, 29 May 2025 04:34:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippines-uses-mangrove-buffer-zones-to-protect-its-coastlines/https://www.eco-business.com/news/in-vietnams-mekong-delta-elusive-ghost-rice-holds-key-to-climate-resilience/An ancient wild rice may hold genetic secrets for climate-resilient farming – if Vietnam can save it from vanishing and neglect.Wed, 28 May 2025 07:31:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/in-vietnams-mekong-delta-elusive-ghost-rice-holds-key-to-climate-resilience/https://www.eco-business.com/news/central-java-communities-win-landmark-pollution-case-against-textile-giant/Indonesia’s Supreme Court recently confirmed the bankruptcy of the country’s largest textile group, Sritex, which made garments for global fast fashion retailers like H&M.Wed, 28 May 2025 05:54:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/central-java-communities-win-landmark-pollution-case-against-textile-giant/https://www.eco-business.com/news/inequities-in-coral-reef-research-undermine-global-scientific-collaboration-study/A new study finds that coral reef researchers come mainly from institutions in high-income countries, and that the contributions of researchers from tropical, lower-income nations aren’t adequately recognised.Wed, 28 May 2025 05:39:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/inequities-in-coral-reef-research-undermine-global-scientific-collaboration-study/https://www.eco-business.com/news/geoengineers-eye-up-ocean-dead-zones-for-carbon-storage/Proponents of modifying the ocean to battle climate change have rising hopes for their biomass sinking plans, but critics fear the environmental impacts.Tue, 27 May 2025 06:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/geoengineers-eye-up-ocean-dead-zones-for-carbon-storage/https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-dried-out-wetlands-on-the-iran-iraq-border-threaten-the-region/Fires, dust storms, migration and conflict: the deadly chain of consequences from a shrinking wetland in Iran.Tue, 27 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-dried-out-wetlands-on-the-iran-iraq-border-threaten-the-region/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/an-intelligent-trade-off-ai-as-a-double-edged-sword-in-southeast-asias-climate-battle/Although artificial intelligence (AI) offers positive benefits for Southeast Asia’s climate battle, the region should not look at its usage through rose-tinted glasses.Mon, 26 May 2025 08:52:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/an-intelligent-trade-off-ai-as-a-double-edged-sword-in-southeast-asias-climate-battle/https://www.eco-business.com/news/can-chinas-new-pledge-to-curb-illegal-fishing-drive-change/Ocean sustainability experts from across the world reflect on China’s landmark move to join the Port State Measures Agreement.Sun, 25 May 2025 23:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/can-chinas-new-pledge-to-curb-illegal-fishing-drive-change/https://www.eco-business.com/news/pakistans-new-climate-minister-on-water-justice-and-a-warming-world/In one of his first interviews as climate minister, Musadik Malik talks glaciers, water politics and the disappearing beauty of a changing world.Sun, 25 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/pakistans-new-climate-minister-on-water-justice-and-a-warming-world/https://www.eco-business.com/news/calls-for-moratorium-on-deep-sea-mining-mount-with-china-joining-condemnation-of-trumps-order-to-bypass-un-rules/Both China and the US have interests in mineral extraction but the former has been vocal on the need to align with international rules for deep-sea extraction. It recently entered strategic talks with Pacific island nation Nauru.Wed, 21 May 2025 07:50:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/calls-for-moratorium-on-deep-sea-mining-mount-with-china-joining-condemnation-of-trumps-order-to-bypass-un-rules/https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-mekong-deltas-climate-defences-are-failing/Infrastructure projects to keep out seawater in southern Vietnam have been plagued by failures. Experts say the country must shift from hard fixes to nature-based solutions.Wed, 21 May 2025 02:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-mekong-deltas-climate-defences-are-failing/