Natural Resources

Dossiers


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Thailand’s Plastic Challenge and Circular Economy

Published: 31 October 2021
Dossier
While Zero-Waste communities, Urban Refill-Shops and student initiatives are challenging Thailand's mindset on plastic usage, an increasing amount of COVID-19 related plastic trash and waste imports from overseas seem to undermine the progress made for a sustainable foundation of a circular economy in the country. From interviews with committed young people who are trying to make a difference, to the effects of policy implementation on the ground. This web-dossier sheds a light on Thailand's plastic pollution problem from a mainly urban perspective.


Articles


Mining in the Philippines

Smart or Destructive? Reflections on MDBs’ Critical Minerals Agenda

Published: 6 June 2025
Article
Despite the claims of the CM2CET’s frameworks, civil society organizations, environmental defenders, and communities are raising urgent concerns. Beneath the “green and sustainable” promises, climate-smart mining is just a rebranding of destructive mining, one that threatens already fragile ecosystems, displaces Indigenous peoples, and ignores the deeper roots of the climate crisis.
By Jesus Vicente C. Garganera
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Criticality and the Securitization of Southeast Asia’s Indigenous Mineral Resources

Published: 12 February 2025
Article
Southeast Asia’s geographical location is blessed with abundant natural resources – minerals, forests, and wildlife. For hundreds of years, these resources have been a source of livelihood and even life for Indigenous peoples, as well as local communities. However, the capitalist perspective of development is rapidly encroaching on the mineral-rich lands of these peoples. 
By Maya Quirino

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Publications


Eco-feminism

Earthcare as Ecological Sovereignty for Planetary Survival: Feminist Political Wisdom of Nusantara in Contemporary Indonesia

Published: 8 April 2025
E-Paper
In the face of widespread destructions – ecological, economic, geopolitical, and even health crises- returning to Nature may hold the key to Earth’s survival. Deeply rooted in feminist and Indigenous knowledge, as well as myths and folklores, Earthcare challenges economic inequalities, particularly within the affected sectors of the communities – the women, Indigenous, and marginalized members of the society. 
By Dewi Candraningrum

Global Circular Economy

Published: 7 March 2025
Study
A circular economy can help mitigate the negative effects of our resource consumption and reduce the massive dependence on raw materials from other countries. The study sets out what needs to be considered in order to achieve a just transition towards a circular economy.
By Luisa Denter
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Addressing Loss and Damage from Climate Change in the Philippines: Lived Experiences of Indigenous Farmers in Atok, Benguet

Published: 15 January 2025
Policy brief
This policy brief addresses the complex issue of Loss and Damage (L&D), with a specific focus on indigenous farmers in Atok, a municipality in Benguet Province, Philippines. The climate crisis has disrupted traditional farming practices and knowledge systems, leading to significant economic and non-economic losses. The brief emphasizes the need for community-based risk-sharing systems, better government support tailored to highland farmers, and integrating indigenous knowledge into climate adaptation planning.
By Jameela Joy Reyes, Ma. Laurice Jamero, PhD , Doreen Allasiw, PhD, Francis Uldric San Juan, Bernardine de Belen , Dannica Khate Antonio, Jomar Calingling and Kyla Sote

Transformation by design, not by disaster

Published: 18 August 2023
Report
Four areas of application show: Our current consumption of raw materials is globally and socially unjust and ecologically unsustainable. We need a raw material transition towards truly circular and sustainable producttion and consumption patterns.


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