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Singapore seizes record 35.7 kg rhino horn haul in $870,000 smuggling bust

Singapore seizes record 35.7 kg rhino horn haul in $870,000 smuggling bust

Singapore has seized over US$800,000 worth of illegal rhino horn and animal parts hidden in air cargo bound for Laos, authorities said Tuesday, in the largest haul of its kind discovered in the city-state.
600 kg of African elephant tusks incinerated in Vietnam

600 kg of African elephant tusks incinerated in Vietnam

Alone and into the wilderness

Alone and into the wilderness

Great Barrier Reef should be put on 'in danger' list, UN panel says

Great Barrier Reef should be put on 'in danger' list, UN panel says

Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is "in danger," a UN panel recommended on Tuesday, saying the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change and warming of oceans.
November 28, 2022 | 11:04 pm PT
New funding to end elephant rides at Vietnam tourism sites

New funding to end elephant rides at Vietnam tourism sites

Dak Lak Province, home to Vietnam's largest elephant population, will aid tourism sites in ending elephant rides by 2026.
November 14, 2022 | 12:26 am PT
Tiger seizures up in parts of Asia despite conservation efforts: report

Tiger seizures up in parts of Asia despite conservation efforts: report

Wildlife authorities in Vietnam and some other Asian countries are seeing an increase in seizures of tigers and tiger parts despite efforts by conservationists to protect the endangered animal.
November 1, 2022 | 08:54 pm PT
Province cancels urban area project to protect mangrove forest

Province cancels urban area project to protect mangrove forest

Binh Thuan Province in south central Vietnam has opted to cancel an urban area project to conserve 32 ha of mangrove forest.
October 29, 2022 | 12:12 am PT
Province pulls plug on solar power projects to protect relics site

Province pulls plug on solar power projects to protect relics site

Quang Ngai Province has decided not to go ahead with two solar power plants proposed to be built in a lagoon for fear of damaging a cultural site.
October 27, 2022 | 07:01 pm PT
Giant endangered sea turtle rescued, released into wild

Giant endangered sea turtle rescued, released into wild

An endangered green sea turtle that had beached in the central Quang Tri Province has been released back into the ocean.
October 9, 2022 | 07:00 pm PT
Critically endangered tortoises at HCMC pagoda to return to nature

Critically endangered tortoises at HCMC pagoda to return to nature

Eleven endangered elongated tortoises, along with other rare turtle species kept at a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, will be released back into the wild.
October 5, 2022 | 10:43 pm PT
Moon bear freed after 17 years of captivity

Moon bear freed after 17 years of captivity

A moon bear that had been raised in captivity for 17 years was rescued Thursday by animal welfare organization Animals Asia.
September 22, 2022 | 06:09 am PT
Hanoi police seize 100 rice wine jars containing wild animals

Hanoi police seize 100 rice wine jars containing wild animals

More than 100 jars of rice wine distilled with pythons, large lizards, cobras and deer have been found at two condo apartments in Hanoi.
September 14, 2022 | 12:41 am PT
Vietnam national park to receive two Sarus cranes from Laos

Vietnam national park to receive two Sarus cranes from Laos

Two Sarus cranes kept in a Laotian zoo would be transferred to a national park in Dong Thap Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
September 10, 2022 | 06:00 pm PT
You can't eat money: the cost of unlimited growth

You can't eat money: the cost of unlimited growth

In a 1972 book chapter entitled "Conversations with North American Indians," Alanis Obomsawin said something that applies to every country that has embraced the neoliberal economic order with open arms.
September 7, 2022 | 04:41 pm PT
Tiger's existence under verification at Phong Nha-Ke Bang park

Tiger's existence under verification at Phong Nha-Ke Bang park

Camera traps have been set up at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park to determine whether tigers have returned to the UNESCO heritage site after a local reported seeing one.
August 11, 2022 | 04:57 pm PT
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