Earth

How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 29, 2016 • 6 min read

Mogok Myanmar’s mysterious mining mecca

By Feliz Solomon • Dec 29, 2016
Myanmar’s miners have been left with little more than scraps following years of military plunder

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 12, 2016 • 7 min read

Laos The future is underground

By Jennifer Meszaros • Dec 12, 2016
Home to some of the most complex rock formations in Southeast Asia, Laos looks to cash in on cave tourism

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 25, 2016 • 8 min read

Tourism The road to nowhere: exploring Thailand’s Trang islands

By arjuna • Nov 25, 2016
A quest to see Thailand’s elusive dugong has inspired many a trip to the Trang islands, but it’s the impeccable isolation that enchants most visitors to this charming archipelago

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 28, 2016 • 10 min read

Spirulina The food of the future grows on a Bangkok rooftop

By Claire Knox • Oct 28, 2016
Are Bangkok’s fledgling rooftop farms a hidden goldmine for hotels and hospitality businesses? Meet the hoteliers and entrepreneurs proving that environment-focused partnerships are the best marketing tool a business can have

Earth • Jun 13, 2016 • 7 min read
Indonesia

Addicted to coal

As the rest of the world moves away from fossil fuels, Indonesia is reacting to a drop in its coal exports by ramping up local production, putting the country’s health, environment and economy in danger
By Nithin Coca • Jun 13, 2016

Earth • May 25, 2016 • 4 min read
Cambodia

Drought and inaction hit rice industry hard

The effects of Cambodia’s recent drought will serve to exacerbate existing structural weaknesses in the rice sector, say experts
By Logan Connor and Paul Millar • May 25, 2016

Earth • May 17, 2016 • 8 min read
Indonesia

Getting the water right

Jakarta's water is controlled by big business, but activists are pushing for the city to follow a worldwide water management trend back to public ownership
By David Hutt • May 17, 2016

Earth • May 13, 2016 • 3 min read
Cambodia

My cemetery, my home

When sand dredging led to the collapse of their riverbank houses, inhabitants of one Phnom Penh community chose to move to a ghostly new home
By David Hutt and Sam Jam • May 13, 2016

Earth • May 02, 2016 • 10 min read
Lifeline Mekong

Make or break time

As drought lingers and unfettered dam construction plugs the Mekong river, managing the life-giving waterway becomes ever more crucial
By Daniel Besant • May 02, 2016

Earth • Mar 18, 2016 • 4 min read
Interview

Long-term planning the key to sustainable cities

Professor Mark Tewdwr-Jones of Newcastle University's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape discusses the future of Southeast Asia's cities
By David Hutt • Mar 18, 2016

Earth • Feb 10, 2016 • 9 min read
Laos

The lost plantations

When Chinese businessmen offered to rent land from impoverished Laotian farmers the deal was too good to turn down. Now, the true cost of banana plantations is finally being counted in northern Laos
By Arnaud Dubus • Feb 10, 2016

Earth • Jan 20, 2016 • 8 min read
Orangutan Extinction

Habitat destroyed

As their rainforest habitat disappears from North Sumatra, endangered orangutans are being driven out of the trees and into the crosshairs of enraged villagers
By Amanda Saxton • Jan 20, 2016