Jury Out on Whether Petting Zoos Aid Conservation
Petting zoos are gaining in popularity and host local and exotic animals. In Part 2, we ask how petting zoos are sourcing their wildlife.
Petting Wildlife Sending Mixed Signals
Petting zoos are increasingly popular. In Part 1 of 2, we look at how they impact the welfare of both wildlife and humans.
Banking on River Reserves to Protect Water Supply
Selangor wants to secure its water supply with more river reserves. But will the law have teeth? And what about protecting the forests that feed the rivers?
Fighting Floods with Better Drainage in Kuching
Outdated drainage in Sarawak cities are intensifying flash floods and leaving communities vulnerable. Infrastructure must improve.
Where Sharks Swim
Explore this interactive map of Malaysia’s 10 Important Shark and Ray Areas and 1 Area of Interest: ISRAs are a new, innovative approach to tackling the extinction of sharks and rays.
Divers, Fishers and Scientists Map Sharks and Rays to Save Them
Critical habitats for sharks and rays in Malaysian waters have just been mapped, signalling hope for these threatened fishes. Check our story and interactive map.
The Climate-friendly Virgin in Terengganu
A private plantation company wants to convert forests in Terengganu into oil palm. Alarmingly, its site has 900 ha of virgin peat swamp forest. We look at the project’s catastrophic climate impact and ways to protect the forest.
Fixing Forest Plantations, Part 3: For Wood, Water, and Wildlife
Despite foresters and planters promising tight regulations in Perak, locals are protesting one of the biggest forest plantations in the state over fears of water security and wildlife attacks.
Fixing Forest Plantations, Part 2: Faster Replanting Needed
By 2021, at least half of forest reserve sites cleared for forest plantations in Peninsular Malaysia were not replanted. Since then, Kelantan has sped up its replanting, but Pahang remains a laggard.
Fixing Forest Plantations, Part 1: Take A Break
Forest plantations caused so much concern that the Malaysian National Land Council called for a pause on new projects in the peninsula. But 2.5 years into the moratorium, it is not appearing to work. Part 1 of 3 in #LadangHutan2series.
Jury Out on Whether Petting Zoos Aid Conservation
Petting zoos are gaining in popularity and host local and exotic animals. In Part 2, we ask how petting zoos are sourcing their wildlife.
Petting Wildlife Sending Mixed Signals
Petting zoos are increasingly popular. In Part 1 of 2, we look at how they impact the welfare of both wildlife and humans.
Banking on River Reserves to Protect Water Supply
Selangor wants to secure its water supply with more river reserves. But will the law have teeth? And what about protecting the forests that feed the rivers?
Fighting Floods with Better Drainage in Kuching
Outdated drainage in Sarawak cities are intensifying flash floods and leaving communities vulnerable. Infrastructure must improve.
Where Sharks Swim
Explore this interactive map of Malaysia’s 10 Important Shark and Ray Areas and 1 Area of Interest: ISRAs are a new, innovative approach to tackling the extinction of sharks and rays.
Divers, Fishers and Scientists Map Sharks and Rays to Save Them
Critical habitats for sharks and rays in Malaysian waters have just been mapped, signalling hope for these threatened fishes. Check our story and interactive map.
The Climate-friendly Virgin in Terengganu
A private plantation company wants to convert forests in Terengganu into oil palm. Alarmingly, its site has 900 ha of virgin peat swamp forest. We look at the project’s catastrophic climate impact and ways to protect the forest.
Fixing Forest Plantations, Part 3: For Wood, Water, and Wildlife
Despite foresters and planters promising tight regulations in Perak, locals are protesting one of the biggest forest plantations in the state over fears of water security and wildlife attacks.
Fixing Forest Plantations, Part 2: Faster Replanting Needed
By 2021, at least half of forest reserve sites cleared for forest plantations in Peninsular Malaysia were not replanted. Since then, Kelantan has sped up its replanting, but Pahang remains a laggard.
Fixing Forest Plantations, Part 1: Take A Break
Forest plantations caused so much concern that the Malaysian National Land Council called for a pause on new projects in the peninsula. But 2.5 years into the moratorium, it is not appearing to work. Part 1 of 3 in #LadangHutan2series.
From singing gibbons to plastic pollution and registration fees, Macaranga covered the major international meeting of conservationists in July 2019.
ALL ICCB 2019 REPORTS
In the Murky Waters of Brunei Bay, Turtles Feed
Where Might Oil Palm Go Next?
Talk Less, Listen More
Marine Champion Honoured With Award
How Do Turtles Like Their Sand?
ICCB: All Things Conservation
Gibbons Still Sing In Merapoh
Plastic Solutions: It’s Complicated
When Plastic Hits You In the Gut
Opportunities Seized and Missed
The dubious means by which tarantulas end up in scientists’ hands is cause for alarm.
