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Dec 25, 2021 • 11 min read
Reforestation

Sabah Community Aims to Regrow Healthy Forests Amid Pandemic

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

Dec 24, 2021 • 15 min read
Workers' rights

Under-Protected Abroad, Domestic Workers Find Ways to Resist

Southeast Asian domestic labourers often migrate to wealthier countries where they are excluded from labour protections and left vulnerable to abuse. While Covid-19 has made labour conditions worse, some migrant workers have found their own ways to resist
By Lam Le • Dec 24, 2021

Dec 23, 2021 • 12 min read
Conservation

In the fight for Malaysian forest, Can activists replicate a win?

Community conservationists in Selangor are working to save the Shah Alam forest from planned development by showcasing its threatened biodiversity, disproving government claims and building support. Can they repeat an earlier victory by other forest defenders?
By Deborah Germaine Augustin • Dec 23, 2021

Dec 23, 2021 • 8 min read
Migrant workers

Bounded Amidst Restrictions

Indonesian migrant workers face an arduous fate amidst the pandemic. We look at the trials and tribulation of these workers the government considers “heroes of foreign exchange reserves” during the pandemic
By Caesar Akbar • Dec 23, 2021