In the unfolding debate on the prospects, challenges and viability of the imminent transition towards a ‘Bio-Based Society’ (BBS) or ‘Bio-based Economy’ (BBE) - i.e. the replacement of fossil fuels by biomass as a basic resource for the production of energy, materials and food -...

Negotiations for entering into a larger trade agreement between Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its six free trade agreement (FTA) partners viz. India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea called Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement are...

Two remarkable events took place in the 1930s in Borneo: a myth spread among the tribal societies of the interior, warning them that the introduced Para rubber tree was hostile to their swidden rice; and the International Rubber Regulation Agreement was established, in an attempt to protect...