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Articles and features on conservation, including environment, habitat loss, farming, pollution, green living, sustainability and how to follow an eco-friendly lifestyle.
The government must soon determine a target population size for the animals and shift into population management, lest the culling programme become an extermination plan.
Greater monitoring needed after poaching traps found in city countryside, posing a cruel threat to animals and people. Stiffer fines could work but only if offenders think they will be caught
- Zero Co’s Mike Smith and his team of volunteers went viral after they scooped up 147,000kg of garbage from the Taguig-Pateros River
- While environmentalists welcomed the initiative, they said it failed to get to the bottom of the waste management problem and questioned its long-term sustainability
Ban targets sale and distribution of plastic items, but not possession, so people can still buy online.
The global drinks giant said all 500ml bottles for Coca-Cola Original, Coca-Cola No Sugar and Coca-Cola Plus in Hong Kong have shifted to recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET), the first such use of the material in China.
The museum has been encouraging members of the public to photograph colourful jumping spiders as part of a mission to boost awareness of the natural world.
Readers discuss why the city must break its addiction to plastic, and the focus on the cost of the bags to be used in the waste-charging scheme.
Officials have proposed to kill the animals in a buffer zone surrounding Nara Park that attracts thousands of visitors, who feed them rice crackers.
Readers discuss the ecological impact of reclamation off the coast of Lantau, the culling of wild boars, and the upcoming ban on single-use plastic.
Around 2 million tonnes of plastic waste is created each year in Thailand, according to official figures, in a nation seemingly addicted to plastic.
Asiatic black bears, as moon bears are also known, are classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of endangered species. Across Asia, thousands are kept as pets or farmed to extract their bile.
Highly endangered fish species are on the brink, as dam-building along the Mekong decimates the ecosystem which millions of people rely on.
Government to post warnings at immigration checkpoints and hotels to remind travellers to have their own hygiene products, such as razors, because of throwaway plastics ban.
Amid unclear guidelines on the protection of natural attractions in the country, activists fear more developers could gain approval to access protected sites.
Ecology minister Tse Chin-wan says conservation department has reduced size of boar population by 910 since late 2021, putting it at 1,360.
Entry to see the reptile, a mix of two critically endangered species, will be free of charge in effort to raise conservation awareness among public.
Readers discuss Hong Kong’s plans for an information and technology zone at the northern border, the proposed monthly firework displays, crowds on a bus route popular with tourists, and the need for a better strategy to promote the city.
The agency tasked with monitoring the reef’s health said the coral bleaching is extensive in the shallow water areas.
Poaching and illegal trade are a threat to red pandas, but other risks include habitat loss from deforestation and climate change.
Despite the energy firm saying it holds the necessary permits, conservationists say some indigenous groups living in the area have no idea of the wind project.
Scientists are warning of devastating coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef if the water does not cool down in the coming weeks.
Some 19 per cent of the roughly 1,100 fish species in Southeast Asia’s longest river are heading towards extinction, according to a report compiled by the WWF and 25 global marine and wildlife conservation groups.
The beloved panda in South Korea’s Everland amusement park will be moved to China’s Sichuan province in April after spending a month in quarantine.
