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Finding Harmony Between Humans and Elephants
….How one non-profit organisation is encouraging alternative crops to reduce human–elephant conflict in Thailand.
Text Sarah Eichstadt
When elephants enter her farm, Roengrom “Rom” Amsamarng runs...
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Science
Synthetic Meat May Hit Supermarkets Soon
Guilt-free, lab-grown meat has always been in sight, but just out of reach. Japanese scientists think they may have found the answer to producing it commercially.
Culture
A Dyeing Art
From artisans in two rural Indian villages come a huge share of the Hindu world’s sacred bracelets
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Transforming Lives: Art for Human’s Sake
AS RARE AS once in many centuries, a great piece of art shows up, and not another word shall be uttered. The notion of autoteles, from the Greek, mandates that such a masterstroke is “complete in itself”, a universal concept that spawns higher understanding amongst even the weakest in...
ASIAN Geographic Celebrates Cheetahs!
It's 4 December - Happy International Cheetah Day!
These beautiful, fast creatures are racing against extinction. Today, we'd like to bring awareness to the world’s fastest land animal - now chased by their dire fates.
Dr. Laurie Marker is the founder of Cheetah Conservation Fund. She designated 4 December as International...
Institutions that Empower
There is a fresh current of optimism flowing from multilateral, development institutions these days and it’s taking the form of the new 17-point, UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Of these vital benchmarks, one in particular, Sustainable Goal No.5, pledges to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls throughout the world.
The Himalayan Parasite Worth More Than Gold
The parasitic fungi that spawned a decade-long, Nepali gold rush may soon die out thanks to climate change
Current Affairs
Observing The New Uzbekistan
Central Asia's most populous nation Uzbekistan was voted for their leader. Around 20 million Uzbeks are eligible for an election on 9 July at...
Palm Progress
Can palm oil plantations and endangered rainforests really coexist? One conservationist says yes.
Text and images credit: Nathan Sen
The island of Borneo, divided among Malaysia,...
Above the Water: Sea Science
Text by Benjamin P.Horton
340 MILLION people are at risk of flooding from sea-level rise by 2050.
We know that rising sea levels affect every coastal...
The Gold Trap: How COVID-19 is pushing Filipino children into hazardous work
By Marielle Lucenio
The Philippines had been making slow progress in its long fight against child labour, but the pandemic reversed the gains that had...
A culture of silence blunts the impact of a new Vietnamese law against sexual...
By Trang Vu
Vietnam’s new labor law requires employers to put in place mechanisms to prevent and penalize sexual harassment in the workplace. But Vietnamese...
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The Road to Independence: Burma (1945 – 1962)
From the 1962 Democracy Protests, through the 1974 U Thant Crisis, the 1988 Uprising, and the 2007 Saffron Revolution, to the 2021 Spring Revolution, Myanmar has fought against the whims of its military leaders and suffered at the hands of the army. To make sense of the tumultuous events of the past six decades, we must understand the complex politics and power struggles that have dominated this country once known as Burma.
