Nature

Nature • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 25, 2021 • 2 min read

Environment A rare, giant barking deer has been spotted in Cambodia

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

Nature • STORY OF THE DAY • May 27, 2021 • 14 min read

Conservation ‘Drastic forest development’: Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees – but how?

By Michael Tatarski • May 27, 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

Nature • STORY OF THE DAY • May 10, 2021 • 3 min read

Conservation What a buzz: saving Malaysia’s bees, one nest at a time

By Patrick Lee/AFP • May 10, 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

Nature • Mar 19, 2021 • 4 min read
Animal welfare

[Photos] Inside Pata, the ‘World’s Saddest Zoo’ in Bangkok

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

Nature • Mar 17, 2021 • 13 min read
Conservation

Teeming with life, the destruction of Vietnam’s karsts hits biodiversity

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

Nature • Mar 14, 2021 • 4 min read
Opinion

Vietnam’s wild tigers are extinct, but it still has a role to play in saving them

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

Nature • Feb 18, 2021 • 9 min read
Wildlife trade

The first Vietnamese in Antarctica: The path to conservation for Hong Hoang

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

Nature • Feb 08, 2021 • 7 min read
Conservation

On Bali, Ubud’s macaques adapt as tourist bananas disappear

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

Nature • Jan 25, 2021 • 16 min read
Wildlife trade

Infiltrating a tiger trafficking network: From Laos to South Africa and Vietnam

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

Nature • Jan 20, 2021 • 4 min read
Tourism

Tourism on track in the world’s largest cave in Vietnam

As Covid-19 has swept the globe, international tourists to Vietnam have dropped sharply. But Son Doong cave, among the world's largest, has weathered the crisis thanks to a boost in visitors among Vietnam's fast-growing middle class
By Nhac Nguyen/AFP • Jan 20, 2021

Nature • Jan 13, 2021 • 15 min read
Wildlife trafficking

Infiltrating a Vietnam tiger trafficking network: Confronting an online kingpin

The trading of tigers and tiger products such as bone glue, claws, skin, bones and fangs in any form is prohibited under Vietnamese law. But in black markets, trade activities are thriving, as reporters found out when infiltrating Vietnam's trafficking rings
By Lam Anh and Hoang Chien • Jan 13, 2021