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How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 09, 2020 • 14 min read

Extreme weather High water mark

By Paul Brisby • Jan 09, 2020
Top Read: 13 years ago, we asked the question – what might the weather bring us fifty years from now? Back in 2007, Cambodia was witnessing super cyclones one year, drought the next. Today, with extreme weather a yearly reality and the environmental tipping point drawing ever closer, the situation is showing few signs of improvement

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 31, 2019 • 9 min read

Community action Award-winning farming

By Thim Rachna • Dec 31, 2019
In late November, Battambang rice farmer Roeum Socheat received international acclaim for his work empowering Raingkesei agricultural community since 2017. Can his model provide hope for farmers across the Kingdom?

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 25, 2019 • 10 min read

The Kingdom in 2040 Cambodia’s green revolution?

By Andrew Haffner • Dec 25, 2019
In the fourth installment of our eight-week series in conjunction with Future Forum looking at Cambodia in 2040, we turn to the future of energy and the environment in the Kingdom. While deforestation is currently rampant, does Cambodia have the capacity to transform itself into a green beacon in the region?

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 23, 2019 • 8 min read

Green dollars The eco-option

By Sam Campbell • Dec 23, 2019
Top read: With the number of visitors to Angkor Wat severely dropping this year, Cambodia’s tourism industry, so vital to the economy, is in danger of becoming reliant on Chinese gambling dollars in Sihanoukville. In search of alternatives, we return to a piece from 2009 looking at Cambodia's then budding ecotourism industry. Could green be the answer to the Kingdom's tourism woes?

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Earth • Dec 17, 2019 • 15 min read
Communities on the river

Currents of time

In 1991, National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita traversed the length of the Mekong, from source to sea, in a groundbreaking trip documenting the communities for which the river was so central to life. Southeast Asia Globe sat down with Yamashita to reflect on his incredible journey almost three decades on, as well as hear his thoughts on the dams and environmental degradation blighting the river today
By Andrew Haffner

Earth • Dec 16, 2019 • 9 min read
Urban development

The grass is never greener

As Phnom Penh’s construction sector booms, communities suffer as public recreational areas are sacrificed for never-ending new developments. In an economic environment where money trumps all, who will preserve vital green spaces for the capital's residents?
By Julija Veljkovic

Earth • Nov 21, 2019 • 11 min read
Hydropower dam protests

Don’t poke the nest

Activists from the Sa-iab Village in northern Thailand have successfully campaigned against the construction of a dam for three decades. With hydropower dams springing up across Asia, what can local communities learn from their struggle?
By Skylar Lindsay

Earth • Nov 14, 2019 • 8 min read
Indonesia’s indigenous peoples

Last of their kind

A forest community on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, is facing displacement by land-hungry businesses, threatening doomsday for a timeless hunter-gatherer lifestyle
By Andre Barahamin

Earth • Oct 31, 2019 • 7 min read
Renewable energy

Looking on the bright side

When it comes to quick, clean and scalable solutions to Cambodia’s energy dreams, a recent surge in investment in solar power is promising a pathway to prosperity
By Paul Millar

Earth • Oct 24, 2019 • 7 min read
Boeung Kak Lake

Flood, sweat and tears

From our print archive: The flooding that inundated much of northern Phnom Penh has receded, but Lakeside residents now face a much greater threat
By Sam Campbell

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Earth • Oct 08, 2019 • 12 min read
Powering Southeast Asia

Fanning the flames

Southeast Asia’s growing economies have huge power generation needs, fuelling coal use across the region even as the rest of the world looks to greener methods
By Simon Roughneen

Earth • Oct 04, 2019 • 5 min read
Cambodia Wildlife

Where the small things are

From our print archive: At first glance, Cambodia’s rainforests may seem bereft of wildlife, but a closer looks reveals a profusion of tiny and often unique creatures
By Jeremy Holden

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