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By Chen Yih Wen • Jan 20, 2022
Since 2008, women from Sabah’s Sukau Village have planted trees to connect forest fragments and preserve the area’s biodiversity. COVID-19 stopped their work for months, resulting in the deaths of many newly planted trees. Now, they have returned to the forest.
By Govi Snell • Jan 19, 2022
Tough sentence exhibits progress and setbacks in the country’s fight against wildlife trafficking
By Anton L. Delgado • Jan 13, 2022
The large-antlered muntjac photographed in Cambodia is among the endangered mammals fueling a call for conservation breeding
By Alexandra Radu • Dec 25, 2021
The pandemic has strained reforestation work in Sabah’s biodiverse Lower Kinabatangan region, but locals continue to replant trees in an effort to secure their livelihoods, protect endangered species and regrow carbon-capturing rainforests
Thousands of people in the Philippines fled their homes and beachfront resorts as super typhoon Rai slammed into the country
By Roel Catoto/AFP • Dec 16, 2021
Aquaculture projects maintained by community members could be key to addressing food insecurity and nutritional disorders
By Anton L. Delgado • Nov 30, 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 Ashley Yeong • Sep 17, 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 • Sep 13, 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 • Aug 27, 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
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 25, 2021
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