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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...
Travel and Adventure
Science
The Sun is Shining on India
India could replace US as the second biggest solar market in 2018
Culture
Drawing en Plein Air
Whether on paper or tablets, a growing community of artists are taking the process of drawing outdoors.
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A Sustainable Safety Net
Net-Works is an innovative initiative that empowers people in coastal communities to collect and sell discarded nylon fishing nets – with fantastic environmental benefits
6 Ways Event Planning Can Be Made More Sustainable
Text by Paperless Post
As wonderful as events are, the energy, food, water, and paper used to produce them amounts to a huge amount of waste and environmental damage that is avoidable.
Here are some shocking facts:
- Over 40% of all waste from large-scale events ends ends up in landfills
- Up...
Precious Places in Malaysia
From natural wonders and splendid architecture to historical cities and spiritual centres, Asia’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites should be at the top of your travel bucket list
MELAKA & GEORGE TOWN,HISTORIC CITIES OF THE STRAITS OF MALACCA
Melaka and George Town have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges...
The Last Frontier
Nepalese migrant workers are most at risk of contracting HIV. Without proper screening and information, this poses
a worrying threat for the rest of the population.
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.
