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He studied elephant behaviour to save lives
New York Times, Published on 04/11/2025
» Joshua Plotnik: For about 20 years, I have been studying Asian elephant cognition. The biggest issue for the conservation of Asian elephants is human-elephant conflict. Humans and elephants are fighting to share limited resources, and you’re starting to see conflict that is resulting in the loss of human and elephant life.
World's most expensive coffee goes on sale in Dubai at $1,000 a cup
AFP, Published on 01/11/2025
» DUBAI - Selling for nearly $1,000 a cup, a cafe in Dubai is offering the world's most expensive coffee, brewed from Panamanian beans sold at a premium price.
Malaysia stirs ‘hotpot diplomacy’ in China
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/05/2025
» Malaysia is seeking to expand its palm oil market in China by offering a plant-based alternative for use in mala hotpot, a popular spicy dish that’s cooked with raw meats and vegetables in a simmering pot.
‘No more fires,’ demand fed-up Amazon residents
AFP, Published on 09/01/2025
» BREVES, Brazil - Giovana Serrao was not home when a fire lit in a neighbouring agricultural field got out of control and destroyed her acai palms on the island of Marajo in the Brazilian Amazon.
Room for dissent narrows under new Cambodian PM
The New York Times, Published on 24/12/2024
» PHNOM PENH — Until last year, most Cambodians had lived under only one leader. Hun Sen ruled as prime minister for nearly four decades, tightening his iron grip over the country and systematically silencing the opposition, activists and independent media.
Indonesia jails official who kept slaves in cages on plantation
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's Supreme Court jailed a former government official accused of human trafficking for four years, reversing a lower court decision to acquit him after people were found in cages in his palm oil plantation.
Can Brazil save the Amazon rainforest? Marina Silva is trying
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/11/2024
» WASHINGTON — When the United Nations (UN) climate conference COP29 kicks off Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, attendees will be grappling with the re-election of former United States President Donald Trump. Countries will try to find a path forward that bypasses Trump, who is hostile to emissions-cutting policies and has vowed to pull the country back out of the Paris accord.
Colombian cannabis industry withering
By Nelson Bocanegra, Reuters, Published on 22/12/2023
» SUBACHOQUE, Colombia - More than 17 acres of land owned by a Colombian-Canadian company near Bogota were once meant to grow 25 varieties of cannabis, but over the past year weeds have overtaken greenhouses and 200 of its 218 employees have been fired.
Malaysia prepares to make rain, as haze worsens
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will try to make rain by seeding clouds and prepare to shut schools as the quality of air in various places deteriorates, the Department of Environment said, raising fears of a new round of pollution from forest fires.
Indonesia races to extinguish wildfires as dry season hits peak
Reuters, Published on 01/10/2023
» Firefighters are rushing to extinguish forest and land fires across parts of Indonesia, with the scorching weather in the Southeast Asian nation worsened by an El Nino dry spell and set to peak this month.