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For over a century, elephants were Southeast Asia’s workhorses, used to pull logs razed from their forest homes. But what happens to those elephants when the logging stops?
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Sep 04, 2019
Dow Chemical is infamous for the devastating Agent Orange unleashed on civilians during the Vietnam War. Now, the company is putting plastic scrap to work paving new roads for the nation
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Jul 31, 2019
Limiting global heating means leaving fossil fuels in the ground. But the growing practice of breaking down and burning up the world's plastic waste for its energy potential is challenging this idea
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Jul 30, 2019
Traditional Chinese Medicine is a flagship of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. But scientists say demand for medicine containing animal parts could push tigers, bears, rhinos and pangolins to the brink of extinction
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Jun 26, 2019
Soaring temperatures spurred by global warming and El Niño raise the risk of increasingly devastating storms, fires and floods. Is Southeast Asia ready?
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Jun 12, 2019
Hydropower is booming in the Mekong River basin as countries seek clean energy – but these massive dams might prove even more polluting than fossil fuels
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Jun 05, 2019
Cambodia’s economy is going from strength to strength, with GDP expected to grow by 7% in 2018 and 2019. But with rising incomes comes a greater need for environmental responsibility and leadership in the face of infrastructure gaps – here are three companies paving the way
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- May 23, 2019
Children with difficulties or disabilities have long been overlooked or excluded from Cambodia’s education system – that could change with the opening of the country’s first school dedicated to their learning
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Mar 21, 2019
This World Pangolin Day, Southeast Asia Globe breaks down everything you need to know about this strange and increasingly endangered animal
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Feb 16, 2019
If your love life is getting you down this Valentine's Day, spare a thought for these Southeast Asian animals whose practices range from endearing to promiscuous to downright brutal
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Feb 14, 2019
Known for its strength and durability, bamboo has been used to make items across Asia for centuries, from chopping boards in Japan to firecrackers in Malaysia to the scaffolding of today, so why not bicycles? Southeast Asia Globe looks into how these rigid weeds become a viable means of transportation
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Feb 08, 2019
Top read: We return to one of our most popular pieces of 2018, which looked at the Cambodians reliant on bat faeces to sustain their livelihoods. Nutrient rich guano – colloquially known as “black gold” – provides powerful fertility to farmers' lands and a solid income to those who farm bats, and their faeces
By
Claire Baker-Munton
- Jan 24, 2018
