WWF’s Emily Cunningham tells Mekong Eye about the threats facing the region’s Irrawaddy dolphins, and highlights the solutions and conservation efforts that offer hope for their survival
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Tiger conservation efforts paying off in Thailand
The country’s conservation is a success with sightings of new tigers, but poaching and human-animal conflict could derail this
As Laos develops, can it make space for wild elephants?
The country once known as the ‘land of a million elephants’ now has only about 1,000 still surviving in the wild.
Thailand: Southeast Asia’s Last Hope for Wildlife?
Thailand remains the region’s best hope for wildlife. Conservation efforts should focus on Thailand, and donors, scientists, and advocates need to get on board. Fast.
Millions donated for Prey Lang conservation
USAID awarded $21 million to improve nature conservation and strengthen sustainable development in the Prey Lang region.
Community-based tourism and new livelihoods in Vietnam
Despite knowing the damage she was causing, Nguyen Thi Vang still walks through the coral reef in the Tam Hai sea to collect seaweed for her daily meals. “When I walk, I heard its broken sound and I feel painful,” said Nguyen.
Divers volunteer as ‘gardeners’ to restore dying corals in Thailand
Some conservationists, however, have now come to see tourism – and diving in particular – as the solution to the global coral-reef decline.
The hardcore softshell turtle that refuse to disappear
A legendary Vietnamese turtle is nearly extinct, but keeps popping up in the places humans have ruined the most.