How an epic series on Asia's wildlife was filmed
Filming the BBC's landmark series Asia took its crew on a four-year-long odyssey from the open ocean to the "roof of the ...
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Tropical forests can be revived after logging – if they’re not turned into oil palm plantations
In parts of the tropics like the island of Borneo, the pace of environmental change has been dramatic. Not long ago, the ...
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Don’t write off logged tropical forests – converting to oil palm plantations has even wider effects on ecosystems
A research team led by the University of Oxford has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and ...
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Saving Oman’s unique desert cloud forest
In the far south of Oman, the Dhofar Mountains rise dramatically from the desert plains, forming the backbone of one of Asia’s most remarkable and unexpected ecosystems: the desert cloud forest.
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Indonesian forests put at risk by South Korean and Japanese biomass subsidies
Subsidies for forest biomass energy in Japan and South Korea are contributing to deforestation in Southeast Asia, according to an October 2024 report by environmental NGOs. The biomass industry is ...
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Filming the Bornean elephant: a tale of two forests
The Tangled Worlds crew travelled to Malaysia to film their story. ...the remaining rainforest on the banks of the river is only two trees deep. Known for its biodiversity, Borneo’s Kinabatangan ...
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South Korea slashes forest biomass energy subsidies in major policy reform
Advocates are now calling on Japan, Asia’s largest forest biomass importer, to follow South Korea’s example. See All Key Ideas In a major policy shift, South Korea announced Dec. 18 that it ...