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By Rebekah Baynard-Smith • Nov 20, 2020
Each year, Indonesians suffer through toxic haze during the country's annual fire season. This year, with the archipelago nation recording some of the highest cases of Covid-19 in the region, the added complication of the pandemic means the health of millions is at stake
By Andrew Haffner • Oct 22, 2020
Joining Meng and Andrew in their Phnom Penh studio this week are Ham Oudom and Pich Charadine, with chatter turning to one, very large, issue – the fate of the once-Mighty Mekong
By Ashley Lampard • Oct 16, 2020
A booming economy has given rise to fast-tracked consumption in Vietnam, and with it mounting waste. The country's leaders have introduced legislation to curb its plastic habit, but some observers warn it still has the potential to become the world's garbage dump
By Jacob Goldberg • Sep 28, 2020
With rural communities along the Mekong living at the mercy of the geopolitical whims of nations controlling the river's flow and development, attempts are being made to band these disparate people together to regain control over their fate
NGO Global Witness has released a report showing the Philippines to be the deadliest country in Asia for land and environmental rights activists, with the archipelago seeing a marked rise in deaths under the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 29, 2020
While Southeast Asia remains vulnerable to the effects of climate change, resource management remains poor in the region. Nowhere is this more evident than with peatlands, the region's biggest weapon against climate change, exploited and damaged in the name of profit
By Helena Taruli and Muchtazar • Jul 01, 2020
In Sumatra, communities have reported for years the encroachment upon their land by multi-national agribusiness group Wilmar to develop palm oil plantations. But Nagari Institute director Zulkifli is helping those at the Indonesian grassroots push back
By Zachary Frye • Jun 26, 2020
As people around the globe mark World Rainforest Day, Mohammad Zainuri Hasyim of the Rainforest Alliance in Indonesia says we must start recognising the power of Indigenous and local communities in preserving this vital natural resource
By Mohammad Zainuri Hasyim • Jun 22, 2020
An essential component for cement, as well as a breeding ground for biodiversity, limestone quite literally serves as the building block for much of life on earth. On this International Day of Biological Diversity, Rimba gives us the run down on this most unsung of all heroes
By Dr Gopalasamy Reuben Clements and Junn Kitt Foon • May 22, 2020
With the stalwarts of the Cambodian economy, tourism and garments, set to be decimated by the economic downturn, Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on agriculture to step in and pick up the slack. A badly neglected sector struggling to survive with outdated methods, technology and extreme weather events, how can this be done?
By Nith Kosal • May 21, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic highlights how human health is intimately connected to animal and ecosystem wellbeing. As we reassess our relationship with nature, researchers say we must empower those best positioned to protect forests – local communities
By Carolyn Cowan • May 14, 2020
Recent reports claim definitive proof that the 2019/20 Mekong drought was caused by China – they do not according to researchers at AMPERES. Will the controversial analysis further polarise stakeholders, or could the crisis shift regional cooperation into more productive spaces?
By Tarek Ketelsen, Timo Räsänen, John Sawdon • May 13, 2020