Southeast Asia has potential for carbon trading but faces obstacles like limited engagement, funding, expertise, data quality, and stakeholder participation. To succeed, ASEAN must improve policies, capacity, funding, data accuracy, and stakeholder involvement.
A local young lady called Ira Syahriani, who just graduated from a biology major, established Dongan Markobun to introduce sustainable agriculture practices to the local farmers and break the norm of “farmers earning very little” in her hometown.
A young creative duo dares to establish a startup seeking to make sustainable period products more accessible in a conservative Malaysian society.
KeSEMaT is a stalwart mangrove conservation network spanning multiple cities in Indonesia through research, campaigns, education, and community empowerment.
Akar Napas uses science and ecosystem-based mangrove preservation to protect the coastlines of Yogyakarta, Indonesia from sea-level rise.
A sustainable tourism program is being set up in one of Indonesia’s National Strategic Tourist Destinations through setting waste management infrastructure and community education
A 30-year-old centre in Bình Định province, Việt Nam empowers disabled people to nurture a garden from recycled materials and create livelihoods from recycling products, while raising awareness about environmental protection among locals via weekly garbage collection and parades.
A culture-based school where children, youths, and adults of Dayak tribes in West Kalimantan learn about literacy, local wisdom, rights, and culture.
In the rural Malaysian state of Terengganu, a group of ocean-loving university students and lecturers band together to upcycle ocean plastic into sell-out merchandise. Facing the adversaries of being a pioneer in plastic waste sustainability in the state, they channel their youthful ambition to inspire their peers and their community to champion the environment.
6 years ago, Hương abandoned his career in the big city to return to his hometown hoping to build Vietnam’s first sustainable pineapple farming community.
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