Southeast Asia was once largely covered in dense rainforests, but intense forest clearing over the past decades has denuded much of the tropical region of its forest cover. On the island of Borneo, for instance, 5.9 million hectares of trees were lost between 2004 and 2017 to logging, land-clearing and […]

Background On 10 June 2021, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published a preliminary proposed framework for the prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures based on classification cryptoassets (the Proposal).1 Under the Proposal, banks would be subject to risk-weighted capital and liquidity and on-going monitoring requirements for cryptoassets held on […]

Country: Ethiopia Source: World Food Programme With almost 4 million people in need of emergency food assistance in Tigray, WFP needs to transport over 10,000 metric tons of food and 150,000 litres of fuel every week on behalf of the humanitarian sector.

Jul 12, 2021 Press Release New study finds India’s national school meal program linked to improved growth in children of beneficiaries New Delhi: Women who received free meals in primary school have children with improved linear growth, according to a new study by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).  India is home […]

Yayasan Sunting Malayang Rescue (SMR) menggandeng komunitas dan organisasi kemasyarakatan untuk melakukan penghijauan di kawasan Pegunungan Meratus, yang membelah wilayah Kalimantan Selatan. Ketua Yayasan SMR Syarif …

India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed legislation that aims to discourage couples from having more than two children, becoming the second state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to make such a proposal.

Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD) Kabupaten Nagan Raya Aceh memastikan banjir yang sebelumnya melanda delapan kecamatan di daerah itu pada Ahad sudah sepenuhnya surut. “Alhamdulillah, musibah banjir yang …