Update: After a ten-hour postmortem on Nóra’s body, which was found in the jungle on Tuesday, Malaysian police said there was no evidence of foul play. Negeri Sembilan police chief Mohamad Mat […]
This article includes numerous updates (see additions at the end). My further day-to-day reporting about Nora’s disappearance can be found on the Irish Times. Police in Malaysia are searching for a 15-year-old […]
In 2018, mining was the deadliest industrial sector for environmental defenders, according to a new annual report,” Enemies of the State?”, by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. The NGO reports that 43 people […]
It has been confirmed that 11 deaths after HPV vaccination have been reported to Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). They include one neonatal death in 2008, the death in June this year […]
Three infant orangutans who were confiscated during an alleged attempt to smuggle them from Indonesia to Malaysia are now being cared for at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s quarantine and rehabilitation centre. […]
The Swiss-based NGO the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF)¹ has called on the Ukrainian government to reject plans to build a mega ski resort on the Svydovets mountain range and develop a strategy […]
The Indian multinational conglomerate Adani has been given the final major environmental approval it needs to start constructing the massive Carmichael coal mine in Australia, but environmentalists say the battle to stop […]
The wildlife conservation charity Free the Bears has just released a ten-year action plan to ensure the survival of the world’s least-known bear species, the sun bear. The new Global Status Review […]
More than one hundred cases of reported adverse reactions after HPV vaccination have been excluded from Australia’s public Database of Adverse Event Notifications (DAEN) and are only recorded in the Therapeutic Goods […]
There are only about six hundred inhabitants on the remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean, but researchers have found a massive amount of plastic debris washed up on the beaches. […]
The Swiss-based NGO the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF)¹ alleges in a new report that the Malaysian oil palm plantation company Radiant Lagoon has breached numerous regulations during logging operations in Sarawak on […]
One million animal and plant species now risk extinction as the health of ecosystems deteriorates at an unprecedented rate, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)¹ warns in a […]
The trial of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak started today (Wednesday) at the Kuala Lumpur High Court after a seven-week delay. The trial that began today concerns just seven of the […]
The Ape Alliance has designated today (Thursday) as an international day of action to save the Tapanuli orangutan. Protests are taking place around the world against plans for a hydroelectric dam that […]
An orangutan who was rescued from an oil palm plantation in Indonesia, and was found with 74 air rifle wounds, blinded eyes, and fractured bones, underwent surgery yesterday (Sunday) to repair her […]
Five years ago today (Friday) Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radar and the next of kin of the 239 people on board entered a nightmare that is still continuing. While some […]
Next of kin of passengers and crew who were on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 gathered in Kuala Lumpur yesterday (Sunday) for a remembrance event to mark the upcoming five-year […]
Despite international protests, six Labrador retrievers being used at Gothenburg University in Sweden in an experiment to test how dental implants cause inflammation and bone degradation have been killed to further that […]
Indigenous communities in Sarawak are calling for an end to encroachment onto their traditional lands and the Swiss-based NGO, the Bruno Manser Fund¹, is urging the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the oil […]
The trial of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak on corruption charges has been postponed pending an appeal over a procedural matter. No new date has been set. Najib has pleaded not […]
