Thick, acrid smoke chokes Ulaanbaatar and its ger districts during the long winters when residents burn coal for cooking and heating. The toxic smog envelops the area for months at…
Ecological Fiscal Transfers Schemes In Indonesia, our Environmental Governance unit, with support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), is taking significant steps to support Indonesia’s climate goals…
Le Gia Hong Phuc is a program officer for The Asia Foundation in Vietnam. His expertise spans environmental sustainability, clean energy, and private sector engagement, focused on fostering resilience and sustainable development.…
Nguyen Anh Dungz is an energy transition specialist for The Asia Foundation in Vietnam. His main tasks are project management, providing technical support to establish legal frameworks in the energy…
The Asia Foundation and the Bay Area Council invite you to a conference at The Historic Klamath in San Francisco on the future of Southeast Asia, a region of close…
The world runs on coffee. But the high demand for coffee bean has devastating environmental, social and economic impacts on farming communities. One solution- agroforestry, enhances soil health, carbon uptake, and water conservation, making it an effective system for both agricultural productivity and ecological preservation.
Technology-based monitoring is pivotal in safeguarding forests by enhancing monitoring capabilities, providing accurate data, enabling rapid response to threats, and supporting sustainable forest management practices. Forests often cover vast and…
ABC News quotes our program director for Environmental Governance in Indonesia, Alam Surya Putra, in a feature on women forest rangers combating deforestation in Aceh. The article also features our…
The Indonesian village of Malitu is famous for its vast forests of palm trees and palm sugar production. Yet, obtaining a license for the granulated palm sugar product has been…
The Asia Foundation, with support from the Coca-Cola Foundation, concluded a one-year initiative in Cambodia to promote the recycling of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) plastics commonly used in the packaging of…
Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of palm oil, which can be found in products from chocolate to biodiesel. But palm oil plantations, along with mining, logging, and other extractive…
On November 10, Indonesia National Heroes Day, in the City of Heroes, Surabaya, The Asia Foundation and Agna Komunika launched the book Perempuan Penjaga Hutan (Women Forest Defenders). The book…