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How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.
By Andrew Haffner • 5 days ago
A major land reclamation in the Mekong has forged ahead in what developers say will be the second Diamond Island. But while land filling elsewhere in the city has been met with unease, this mega-project has taken shape unbothered by current or controversy
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 17, 2020
Australian ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Kang has apologised for an image he posted showing cooked softshell turtle his party consumed on a visit to rural Pailin province
By Patrick Lee/AFP • Sep 16, 2020
An elderly Malaysian's quest to rid the country's beaches of washed-up glass led to him amassing a collection of thousands of bottles, now displayed in a colourful seaside museum
By Michael Tatarski/Saigoneer • Sep 14, 2020
Ho Chi Minh City is famous for many things – great food, culture and historic architecture. What it is not known for, however, is its green spaces. How should local government and developers set about remedying this?
The loss of international tourists due to Covid-19 has shackled the ecotourism industry, but is it also bad for conservation? This is the first of a two-parter in the Taking Stock series looking at the impact of the global pandemic on ecotourism in Malaysia's Sabah state
By Sl Wong/Macaranga • Sep 10, 2020
With the pandemic grinding tourism to a halt, many see this as an opportunity to manage Sabah’s beautiful islands so that tourists, nature and livelihoods co-exist. This is the second of a two-parter in the Taking Stock series looking at the impact of the global pandemic on ecotourism in Malaysia's Sabah state
By Sl Wong/Macaranga • Sep 10, 2020
A Panamanian-registered oil tanker burned out of control for a second day off Sri Lanka, an accident that has killed at least 18 Filipino and five Greek crew members, raising fears of a major new oil spill in the Indian Ocean
By Amal Jayasinghe/AFP • Sep 04, 2020
NGO Global Witness has released a report showing the Philippines to be the deadliest country in Asia for land and environmental rights activists, with the archipelago seeing a marked rise in deaths under the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 29, 2020
A new directive further tightening restrictions on Vietnam's wildlife trade was met with much fanfare last week. But from vague wording to lax enforcement, some conservationists have their doubts about how much impact it will have
By Ashley Lampard • Jul 28, 2020
With ASEAN countries among the worst plastic polluters in the world, should we be looking to implement schemes among local communities that allow them to manage their own waste?
By Muchtazar • Jul 21, 2020
Following the release of a report late last week highlighting the devastating impact of snares on wildlife across Southeast Asia, the World Wildlife Fund has called on governments in the region to up their efforts to catch and punish perpetrators
By Ashley Lampard • Jul 13, 2020
With the wildlife trade strongly linked to the Covid-19 outbreak, conservationists had hoped that one long-term positive effect may be a reduction in the illegal pangolin trade. Not so, it seems, as traffickers and consumers fail to heed the lessons of the pandemic
By Adolfo Perez-Gascon • Jul 03, 2020