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How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.
By Amanda Kaufmann • Jun 24, 2019
Enough clothes have already been made to outfit everyone on the planet. But with rampant overproduction leaving more and more fabric waste in landfill, it's time to find a solution
By Philip Bethge • Jun 14, 2019
A new ethos and a new self-identity for mankind are needed to overcome mass extinction
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jun 12, 2019
Soaring temperatures spurred by global warming and El Niño raise the risk of increasingly devastating storms, fires and floods. Is Southeast Asia ready?
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jun 05, 2019
Hydropower is booming in the Mekong River basin as countries seek clean energy – but these massive dams might prove even more polluting than fossil fuels
Cambodia has huge renewable energy potential in the form of hydropower, solar and wind. Hydropower is already an important part of the energy mix and attention is shifting towards other renewable energies, but many challenges lie ahead
By Thomas Brent • May 24, 2019
MAROANGIN, Indonesia — One day in March last year, Rahim was shocked and furious to find an excavator rolling through his rice field, turning the bright green grains into piles of mud. The 51-year-old farmer took photos of the incursion and demanded to know why his family’s livelihood was being uprooted
By Ian Morse / Mongabay • Mar 27, 2019
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 • Feb 15, 2019
Known for its strength and durability, bamboo has been used to make items across Asia for centuries, from chopping boards in Japan to firecrackers in Malaysia to the scaffolding of today, so why not bicycles? Southeast Asia Globe looks into how these rigid weeds become a viable means of transportation
By Claire Baker-Munton • Feb 08, 2019
Cambodia is playing a growing role in the international illegal ivory trade
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jan 24, 2019
China is exercising a level of economic influence on the Mekong states not seen since the height of its imperial might
By Bernhard Zand • Dec 18, 2018
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 • Nov 30, 2018
An new art exhibition in Phnom Penh featuring works by Cambodian and foreign artists will raise questions about plastic use and recycling, through woodcarvings, illustrations and even a motorbike.
By Lily Hess • Nov 23, 2018