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By Ashley Yeong • Sep 17, 2021
A ski theme park developer wants to take advantage of the pristine nature and chilly weather of Cameron Highlands, but rapid deforestation and poor planning undermine its potential as a nature tourism powerhouse
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 13, 2021
With the delta variant going rampant, dozens of critically endangered orangutans in Malaysia have been tested for the coronavirus, with vets in protective suits undertaking the tricky task of giving the apes nasal swabs
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 27, 2021
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 7,200 year-old skeleton in Indonesia that has a "distinct human lineage" never been found anywhere in the world
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 25, 2021
A giant barking deer has been spotted in Cambodia's Ratanakiri province for the first time, a promising sign for the country's wildlife preservation efforts, officials said Friday June 25
After a string of deadly typhoons in late 2020, Vietnam’s prime minister called for the country to plant 1 billion trees nationwide by 2025 to reduce the risk of landslides and flooding. But so far, the government has not released specifics on what species will be planted, where, by whom, or the cost
By Michael Tatarski • May 27, 2021
Bees play a vital role in ecosystems as pollinators of major crops, but their numbers have been falling rapidly in recent years. An organisation in Malaysia is working to protect them
By Patrick Lee/AFP • May 10, 2021
Home to a tragic menagerie of primates, tropical birds and reptiles, the infamous Pata Zoo sits atop an ageing mall in Bangkok. Its enclosures are stark and dirty, its long-term residents depressed and listless – yet this condemned zoo continues on
By Mailee Osten-Tan • Mar 19, 2021
Vietnam's karst forests are abundant in biodiversity. But with rapid habitat loss, it is feared that species are disappearing before they can be studied, while others like the critically endangered Delacour's langur in Kim Bang forest are at risk of extinction due to mining
By Govi Snell • Mar 17, 2021
After a recent damning investigation into tiger trafficking in Vietnam, World Wildlife Fund's Heather Sohl writes that despite its wild tiger population being extinct, the country still has a role to play in the animal's conservation through curbing demand for tiger products
By Heather Sohl • Mar 14, 2021
At the age of 24, Hong Hoang became the first Vietnamese to visit Antarctica, in a trip that would set her on a path to establishing her own environmental NGO. Today, through CHANGE, she battles intimidation and apathy to promote wildlife conservation across Vietnam
By Govi Snell • Feb 18, 2021
The pandemic has seen monkeys overrun cities in India and Thailand in search of food as tourism comes to a halt. But in Ubud, the macaques of Monkey Forest are adapting well to this new reality, with local residents seeing less aggressive and destructive behaviour
By Elizabeth Sinclair • Feb 08, 2021
The reporters go international in the second instalment of an investigative project infiltrating illegal tiger trafficking networks, visiting tiger farms in Laos and South Africa where they bread the animals to meet a taste for bone glue among wealthy Vietnamese consumers
By Lam Anh and Hoang Chien • Jan 25, 2021