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How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • May 16, 2018 • 8 min read

Cambodia The air we breathe

By Janelle Retka • May 16, 2018
A year ago, Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment began monitoring Phnom Penh’s levels of the most damaging known air pollutant, PM2.5. How will the information gained be used?

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 25, 2018 • 3 min read

Superfoods Purple grain

By Cristyn Lloyd • Apr 25, 2018
Siam Organic is helping to tackle Thai poverty while also jumping on the superfood bandwagon with a new breed of richly coloured rice that it claims is the healthiest in the world

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 23, 2018 • 7 min read

West Papua Preserving paradise

By Carolyn Beasley • Apr 23, 2018
Indonesia's Raja Ampat archipelago is the most biodiverse marine environment in the world. But as word of its magnificence gets out, and visitors swoop in, locals and expats alike are striving to protect the paradise

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 11, 2018 • 9 min read

Myanmar Dark clouds on the horizon

By Brennan O'Connor • Apr 11, 2018
Despite grave warnings over the environmental costs, Myanmar is pushing ahead with a number of coal-fired power plants. The villagers who will suffer the most are fighting back

Earth • Mar 14, 2018 • 10 min read
Exotic wildlife trade

Are we helping illegal animal traffickers?

Southeast Asia has long been a hub for the exotic wildlife trade, but the business is increasingly moving online - where unwitting social media users are playing a part in its proliferation
By Cristyn Lloyd

Earth • Feb 19, 2018 • 8 min read
Indonesia

Caught at the crossroads

The country with arguably the world's worst traffic is having to rely on civilians to manage congestion, but not everyone thinks Indonesia's freelance traffic organisers are helping
By Aisyah Llewellyn

Earth • Jan 24, 2018 • 9 min read
Cambodia

Bat faeces turn to ‘black gold’

Nutrient rich Guano provides powerful fertility to farmers' lands and a solid income to those who farm bats, and their faeces
By Claire Baker-Munton

Earth • Nov 06, 2017 • 11 min read
Cambodia's construction boom

A future without home?

The construction industry in Cambodia has been enjoying great growth in recent years. Yet there are concerns over the quality of some of these projects and an over-reliance on Chinese investment
By Nathan Paul Southern

Earth • Oct 18, 2017 • 6 min read
Zoë Ng

Shaking up Cambodian office culture

Zoë Ng worked at McKinsey, Google and the beauty startup Charlotte Tilbury to build up a range of experience before striking out on her own. Now she heads up Raintree, an award-winning office and retail development in Phnom Penh
By Euan Black

Earth • Sep 21, 2017 • 7 min read
Whatever happened to

Cambodia’s oil prospects?

After a decade of failed negotiations with multinationals and a severe slump in global oil prices, Cambodia's expectations to become an oil producing nation might be disappointed
By Paul Millar

Earth • 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

Earth • 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