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Nature • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 04, 2019 • 5 min read

Cambodia Wildlife Where the small things are

By Jeremy Holden • Oct 04, 2019
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

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Nature • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 27, 2019 • 13 min read

Indonesia Disasters Washed away

By Simon Roughneen • Sep 27, 2019
Last year’s tragedies forced authorities to better prepare for the disasters that are inevitable across the seismically hyperactive, drought and flood-prone archipelago

Nature • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 04, 2019 • 12 min read

Animal welfare Out of the woods

By Claire Baker-Munton • Sep 04, 2019
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?

Nature • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 03, 2019 • 14 min read

Endangered wildlife trade Hunting the hunters

By Ben Davies • Jul 03, 2019
From our print archive: A few unsung heroes try to stem a trade that begins in the forests of Asia and then spans the restaurants and pet shops of the world

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Nature • Jun 26, 2019 • 19 min read
Illegal wildlife trade

Prescription for extinction

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

Nature • Feb 15, 2019 • 6 min read
Mekong Wildlife

Fishing for DNA

Scientists are rapidly developing new DNA-methods to identify what kind of life is present in rivers, lakes and the ocean. Advocates of the method claim that it has the potential to revolutionise the way environmental monitoring is done
By Uffe Wilken      

Nature • Jan 24, 2019 • 8 min read
Illegal ivory trade

A mammoth task

Cambodia is playing a growing role in the international illegal ivory trade
By Claire Baker-Munton

Nature • Nov 30, 2018 • 5 min read
Sustainable tourism

Turning shark hunters around

A Singaporean schoolteacher-turned-social entrepreneur is fighting to save sharks from extinction in a unique way: by working with the shark hunters
By Lily Hess

Nature • Oct 23, 2018 • 4 min read
Thailand

The marine biologist on a mission to save Koh Samui’s coral reefs

In a region where so much of life and livelihood relies on a healthy coastline, the efforts of marine biologists to protect, preserve and educate are especially needed. Thepsuda Loyjiw uses her position as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) manager at Banyan Tree resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, to introduce tourists and locals to the area’s aquatic wonders and to spread the word on how to sustain them for the next generation
By Janelle Retka

Nature • Oct 11, 2018 • 12 min read
Sustainable development

Vietnam’s good life

Vietnam performed the best of 151 countries in a study that assessed quality of life versus environmental sustainability
By Michael Tatarski

Nature • Sep 10, 2018 • 3 min read
Kem Sokha

Cambodia's opposition leader released to home detention

The release of Cambodia's opposition leader comes during the week that the European Parliament are set to discuss the country's human rights record, leaving many critics sceptical of the government’s intentions
By Tom O'Connell