conservation



STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 08, 2021 • 7 min read

Conservation On Bali, Ubud’s macaques adapt as tourist bananas disappear

By Elizabeth Sinclair • Feb 08, 2021
The pandemic has seen monkeys overrun cities in India and Thailand in search of food as tourism comes to a halt. But in Ubud, the macaques of Monkey Forest are adapting well to this new reality, with local residents seeing less aggressive and destructive behaviour

STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 15, 2021 • 8 min read

Analysis The hidden cost: Are Cambodia’s carbon credits really clean and green?

By Dr Sarah Milne • Jan 15, 2021
As global corporations, looking to offset their own emissions, pour money into eco-friendly projects in Cambodia as part of the carbon credits scheme, lurking beneath this seemingly positive initiative is corruption, rights abuses and violence says Dr Sarah Milne

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 28, 2020 • 7 min read

Opinion Were human relationships with elephants ever glorious?

By Sonakshi Srivastava • Dec 28, 2020
While many still invoke romanticised notions of the human-elephant relationship throughout the centuries, today interactions are defined by captive elephant tourism. Sonakshi Srivastava asks, is it still appropriate to use history to justify this industry today?

Dec 23, 2020 • 3 min read
Covid-19

Elephant Santas spread virus awareness among Thai children

Christmas and Thailand's love of elephants combined when four of the gentle giants dressed as Santa Claus turned up at a school just outside Bangkok, complete with huge coronavirus masks, in an effort to raise awareness around Covid-19
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 23, 2020

Dec 22, 2020 • 7 min read
Pollution

As Singapore’s shores become garbage magnet, group leads the clean-up

Surrounded by the world's worst plastic polluters, the shores of ultra-clean Singapore have become a magnet for waste. With their team of beachcombers, Seven Clean Seas are tackling the issue, while also looking for region-wide solutions to the issue of polluted oceans
By Toh Ee Ming • Dec 22, 2020

Sep 17, 2020 • 2 min read
Conservation

Aussie diplomat sorry for Cambodian turtle soup meal

Australian ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Kang has apologised for an image he posted showing cooked softshell turtle his party consumed on a visit to rural Pailin province
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 17, 2020

Jul 28, 2020 • 6 min read
Wildlife trade

Ban or bluster: What does Vietnam’s directive mean for the wildlife trade?

A new directive further tightening restrictions on Vietnam's wildlife trade was met with much fanfare last week. But from vague wording to lax enforcement, some conservationists have their doubts about how much impact it will have
By Ashley Lampard • Jul 28, 2020

Jun 23, 2020 • 6 min read
Recycling

Singapore’s green thinkers discuss the pandemic, sustainability and recycling

As Singapore eases its circuit breaker measures and life returns to some semblance of normality, green thinkers explain how the Covid-19 pandemic has, and will continue to, impact attitudes towards sustainability and recycling in the City-State – for both good and bad
By Amanda Oon • Jun 23, 2020

Jun 22, 2020 • 2 min read
Conservation

Four arrested in Indonesia tiger poaching case

Four suspected poachers in Indonesia's Aceh province have been arrested for killing a female Sumatran tiger, a critically endangered species, in a case that highlights the ongoing fight against wildlife trafficking across Southeast Asia
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 22, 2020