The Tonle Sap is described by Cambodians as the heart of their culture and national economy.  Globally, it is known as the heart of Cambodia’s freshwater fisheries, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and one of the most productive wetland areas in the world. The flooded forests and…
New Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Red List assessments reveal that growing human pressures on whale sharks, winghead sharks and Bornean orangutans are putting these species at an increasing risk of extinction. Whale sharks and winghead sharks are now listed as Endangered and Bornean orangutans as Critically Endangered…
Deciding how to manage a landscape is complex – the Land Use Dialogue (LUD) initiative is setting the groundwork for it to be more inclusive and responsive to local needs.
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) has launched a call for proposals for small grant projects in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and parts of Southern China. A separate call for proposals for large grant projects in Myanmar has also been issued…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Asia participated in a five-day capacity building workshop from June 27 to July 1 organised by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The event is part of a series of workshops being organised through…
A blog posted recently by Mahatub Khan Badhon, a research assistant at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Bangladesh, demonstrates the crucial role science can play in the sustainable management of mud crabs in the Sundarban, Bangladesh.
The mountains of Sierra Madre de Chiapas, south of the Chiapas State, Mexico, are home to the most diverse and largest evergreen cloud forest in Mesoamerica and the largest remaining tropical rainforest on the Mexican Pacific coast. The Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo protects the central portion…
Simon saw his first bear in the wild when he was seven. There was "a moment that captured my imagination and gave birth to my passion for bears". By the age of 13, his love for bears became a fight, a fight for one particular type of bear known as the Kermode bear, also called the spirit bear (…
Listen to indigenous voices talk about the productive value of forests
Currently in its third phase, Mangroves for the Future (MFF) has received core donor funding from Scandinavian countries, Norway (Norad), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and Denmark (Danida) since 2012. A recent article published by Scandasia highlights the support…