Earth

How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 31, 2022 • 4 min read

Oil spill Thai fishing crews fear five-year recovery after oil spill

By Pitcha Dangprasith and Lisa Martin/AFP • Jan 31, 2022
The bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 28, 2022 • 6 min read

Fisheries One day on a dai

By Anton L. Delgado • Jan 28, 2022
A Cambodian fishing platform worked around the clock and hauled in nearly 30 species despite another slow season

Earth • Jan 27, 2022 • 2 min read
Pollution

Thailand rushes to contain oil spill after undersea leak

Thailand's navy and pollution experts to clear up an oil spill after an undersea pipeline leaked up to 50 tonnes of crude into the Gulf of Thailand
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 27, 2022

Earth • Jan 20, 2022 • 1 min read
Biodiversity

The Women Tree Planters of Sukau

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 Chen Yih Wen • Jan 20, 2022