Earth

How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 15, 2017 • 5 min read

Elephant Tourism A cruel world

Since 2015, World Animal Protection has visited 220 venues across Asia that use elephants to entertain tourists. The findings were worrying, but better informed tourists can be part of a crucial change, argues World Animal Protection advisor Jan Schmidt-Burbach 
By Jan Schmidt-Burbach

Sep 15, 2017

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 14, 2017 • 10 min read

Phnom Penh City of garbage

As Cambodia's capital becomes a modern metropolis, its sole garbage collection company, Cintri, is failing to keep up. Can Cambodia's capital clean up its act?
By Colin Meyn and Mech Dara

Sep 14, 2017

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 19, 2017 • 6 min read

Indonesia Solving our plastic bag nightmare

The creator of Bali’s biodegradable cassava starch bags says they have had “enquiries from almost every country on earth”, but some question the viability of large-scale production
By Ana Salvá

Jul 19, 2017

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 07, 2017 • 10 min read

Cambodia The less forests, the more floods

Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that are devastating Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate
By Euan Black

Jun 07, 2017

Earth • May 17, 2017 • 8 min read
Indonesia

The red-light district that everyone loves

Jakarta’s Kalijodo red-light district has been shut down, cleaned up and transformed into a vibrant public space. But the reimagining of the area didn’t come without a human cost By Gabrielle Lipton

Earth • May 13, 2017 • 4 min read
Cambodia

The slow growth of organic farming

Farming without chemicals brings huge benefits to both producer and consumer, but it’s a hard sell in Cambodia, where poverty is preventing large swathes of the rural population from investing in a long-term, organic future By Euan Black

Earth • Apr 20, 2017 • 11 min read
Climate change

Aung San Suu Kyi’s climate crisis

In 2008, Myanmar suffered its worst natural disaster on record when Cyclone Nargis swept through and the military regime hampered relief efforts. Now, the new government is struggling to find the resources needed to help protect its people from the ravages of global warming By Fatima Arkin

Earth • Apr 07, 2017 • 7 min read
Yangon

Grand designs and crumbling colonial architecture

A new city council and a growing number of progressive architecture firms may signal fresh hope for the city's decaying colonial buildings By Thomas Kean

Earth • Mar 31, 2017 • 11 min read
Urban Migration

Cambodia’s affordable housing crisis

Several privately funded affordable housing developments have broken ground in Cambodia but, as urban migration intensifies, can the country meet the urgent demand for social housing? By Claire Knox

Earth • Jan 31, 2017 • 7 min read
Cambodia

The rain gamblers

Climate change could spell the end for Cambodia’s high-stakes habit of betting on the weather By Paul Millar

Earth • Dec 29, 2016 • 7 min read
Mogok

Myanmar’s mysterious mining mecca

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

Earth • Dec 12, 2016 • 7 min read
Laos

The future is underground

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