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Tag: Biodiversity

Posted inOpinion

New report highlights challenges to Mekong region wildlife

by K Yoganand February 10, 2022February 10, 2022

It’s hard to find a single segment of society that has not been significantly impacted by Covid-19. The economic and social destruction caused by the pandemic will last for years, decades even, and entire industries have had to reorient themselves to the “new normal.” Field research in biodiversity is certainly no exception. In many places, […]

Posted inOpinion

Myanmar’s stunning biodiversity at risk after coup

by Narissa Bax and SiuSue Mark February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
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by Nick Beresford, Björn Häggmark and Carmen Moreno November 3, 2020November 4, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Earth Day: Re-wilding a landscape in SE Asia

by Van Ngoc Thinh April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
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‘Land of Cats’ a biodiversity powerhouse – for now

by Lee Poston January 15, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Aussies call on Canada in wildfire battle

by Dave Makichuk December 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam

Illegal snares killing SE Asia wildlife

by Mia Signs November 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China’s GeneBank boasts 20 million samples

by Asia Times staff February 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

Borneo’s dwindling forests being split up as roads spread

by Basten Gokkon January 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Target Malaria is soon scheduled to begin implementing a plan in West and Central Africa to release genetically modified “male sterile” (non-gene-drive) mosquitoes: Photo: iStock
Posted inAustralia, Egypt, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, World

Cutting corners on consent

by Zahra Moloo December 23, 2018
Mro parabiologists set up camera traps, collect GPS data, measure animals, and conduct social surveys. Photo: Scott Trageser Photography / Creative Conservation Alliance.
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Hunters become saviors in remote Bangladesh forests

by Shreya Dasgupta December 2, 2018February 18, 2020
A large saltwater crocodile captured in Australia. Photo: AFP
Posted inAustralia, Oceania, World

Climate change is a quiet killer in Australia

by Alan Boyd July 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Men from India's Erikala tribe unload bamboo from the Nalamalla forest, at their hamlet at Lingala Mandal in Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. The Erikala tribals earn their livelihood mainly by making bamboo products. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s plan to commercialize forests will impact bio diversity, tribals

by Aritry Das April 14, 2018February 18, 2020
A bamboo bridge in Myanmar's Putao region in northern Kachin State. The United Nations is considering designating the area a World Heritage Site. Photo: AFP Forum
Posted inAT Finance, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Is Unesco overreaching in Myanmar?

by Stella Naw September 3, 2017February 18, 2020
The golden-brown mouse lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis) inhabits northern Madagascar’s dwindling dry forests. It is listed by the IUCN as Endangered due primarily to habitat loss. Photo: Rhett A. Butler
Posted inIndia, South Asia, World

We can save life on earth: study reveals how to stop mass extinction

by Morgan Erickson-Davis April 20, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Wayanad – Magical destination for the eco-diversity adventurer

by Kadayam Subramanian March 25, 2017March 25, 2017
More than 80% of Indonesia's green python (Morelia viridis) are exported illegally. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, European Union, Indonesia, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

How the pet trade is killing off many animals

by Alice Catherine Hughes February 7, 2017February 18, 2020
Three orphaned orangutan babies hanging in a tree whilst attending "jungle school" at the International Animal Rescue centre outside the city of Ketapang in West Kalimantan.
Photo: Bay Ismoyo/AFP
Posted inAT Finance, China, Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Southeast Asia is in the grip of a biodiversity crisis

by Alice Catherine Hughes January 6, 2017February 18, 2020

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