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Bad Biofuel: Rainforest destruction gets green light at European pumps
photo by macinate (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Malaysian palm oil lobbyists have apparently succeeded in keeping – and even increasing – the amount of biodiesel sourced from palm oil used in...
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Malaysian Tribesmen Paid by Middlemen for Poaching Endangered Tigers
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons. By: B_Cool. Asian tigers have reached dangerously low numbers. Habitat destruction and poaching are 2 of the main culprits behind this decline. Since the beginning of...
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Aye, Sea Turtles: Malaysia’s Craving for Turtle Eggs Pushes Them Closer to...
Image Source: Flickr. By: TylerKaraszewski. Do you have a taste for exotic food? Well, then you might be interested in knowing that the overconsumption of certain species may soon wipe them completely...
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Bulk Carrier and Oil Tanker Collide, Spill Reaches Singapore’s Eastern Coast
Image Source: Flickr. By: WildSingapore. Yesterday, a bulk carrier and oil tanker collided in waters between Singapore and Malaysia; the tanker suffered a 33 foot (10 meter) gash, which caused a spill...
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2 Borneo Elephant Calves Found Abandoned, but Why?
Image Source: Flickr. By: TimParkinson. There are strange things at work among the Borneo Elephant population as of late. Two female calves were found abandoned in Borneo recently. One was a 2-year-old...
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Weird science: glowing kitten smoking ape
photo by dtra (Flickr CC) If you were a kid in the 70s or 80s you might remember those gaudy, velvety posters of rock bands that glowed in the dark with the aid of a “black light”. I didn’t smoke pot...
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Ecocide: Indonesia’s palm oil industry
photo by David Gilbert/RAN (Rainforest Action Network, Flickr CC) The coal and palm oil industries have been getting away with ecocide in the forests of Indonesia, threatening the traditional,...
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Five Malaysian eco-breaks
Tioman Island. Pic: Le Journal de Maman (Flickr CC) Sustainable travel, including responsible nature holidays and what has become known as eco-tourism, is on the rise in Malaysia – and with good...
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Ethical travel destination: Malaysia
Turtle in Malaysian Borneo. Pic: LKEM (Flickr CC) Multi-ethnic, rich in culture and biodiversity, Malaysia is both a place you want to visit and don’t want to spoil by being an “ugly tourist”. By...
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Where to see wild orangutans in Malaysia
Wild mother and baby orangutans. Pic: karma-police (Flickr CC). Malaysia, along with Indonesia, is the only place in the world where one can witness orangutans in the wild. These solitary but social...
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Kuala Lumpur’s hidden colonial gems
Sultan Abdul Samad Building. Pic: Lerdsuwa (Wikimedia Commons). Though by no means an ancient city by old world standards, the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur has a fascinating history combining...
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