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  • Sustainable tourism key to Malaysian marine park’s ambitious plans

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 13, 2018

    The boat docks at a rickety pier and our guide leaps over the side to begin up a steep path cutting through tropical jungle. It is approaching midday and, shielded from the cooling sea breeze, the air is becoming thick and heavy. Ahead, our escort of M16-wielding soldiers (a formality, I’ve been told) clambers up […]

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  • Pinoys urged to reduce meat consumption to help the environment

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 13, 2018

    This article first appeared on ABS-CBN News.  MANILA — Here’s something to chew on: a chunk of climate emissions is caused by what we eat. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock process is “one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems.”  Meanwhile, […]

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  • Germany, PHL mark 10-year cooperation in climate protection, biodiversity conservation

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 12, 2018

    In Photo: GIZ Philippines’s Principal Adviser and Cluster Coordinator for Climate Change Dr. Bjorn Surborg (from left), Principal Adviser for Forest and Climate Protection-Panay Phase II Dr. Klaus Schmitt and Country Director Irina Scheffmann, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia, Ambassador Dr. Gordon Kricke and German Embassy-Manila Deputy Chief of Mission Dr. Roland Shcissau This […]

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  • Southeast Asian Mayors elected to the ICLEI Global Executive Committee

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 6, 2018

    ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat congratulates Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto of Bogor, Indonesia and Mayor Stephany Uy-Tan of Catbalogan, Philippines for being elected as part of ICLEI’s Global Executive Committee 2018-2021. The Global Executive Committee (GexCom) is the representation of ICLEI Membership at the international arena; representing the organization to global institutions and dialogues. The GexCom, […]

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  • Citizens key to green management and protection

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on May 31, 2018

    This article first appeared on SciDev.net.  [JAKARTA] Citizen engagement emerged as an important issue at the third Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit held 23—25 April at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Attended by over 1,200 participants from across the Asia-Pacific region, this year’s summit tackled critical issues impacting climate change such as the management of peatlands, mangroves, and ecotourism. Key […]

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  • Unilever Strengthens Waste Recovery Efforts

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on May 31, 2018

    This article first appeared on Unilever’s website.  Unilever Philippines is embarking on an ambitious undertaking to significantly reduce the volume of sachet waste in Metro Manila and to reuse the waste collected as practical materials for the barangays of the cities that the company operates in. Single-use sachets have allowed a greater number of Filipinos […]

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