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How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.
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
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
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 27, 2022
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 Anton L. Delgado • Jan 27, 2022
Five of the river's ten lowest annual water flow years since 2010 have set a dangerous precedent for farmers and fishermen
Malaysian enthusiasts uncover reptiles and amphibians with lights, cameras and social media while working against poachers
By Ashley Yeong • Jan 24, 2022
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
Tough sentence exhibits progress and setbacks in the country’s fight against wildlife trafficking
By Govi Snell • Jan 19, 2022
Indonesia's parliament passed a law approving the relocation of its capital from slowly sinking Jakarta to a site on Borneo island to be named "Nusantara"
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 18, 2022
The large-antlered muntjac photographed in Cambodia is among the endangered mammals fueling a call for conservation breeding
By Anton L. Delgado • Jan 13, 2022
The environmental reformers remain active while adapting their voices to the constraints of the prosperous but strict city-state
By Ashley Tan • Jan 07, 2022
Companies and the Indonesian government have improved sustainability policies, but a dispute in Sulawesi highlights holes in the grievance process
By Jack Brook • Jan 03, 2022
The pandemic has strained reforestation work in Sabah’s biodiverse Lower Kinabatangan region, but locals continue to replant trees in an effort to secure their livelihoods, protect endangered species and regrow carbon-capturing rainforests
By Alexandra Radu • Dec 25, 2021