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In our continuing effort to give back - we set up Wild Asia's Seed Grants, small grants given directly to researchers, activists, and communities working around Asia in eco and environmental causes. Read on to see what work has been done by these inspiring conservationists.
Working with community development in Cambodia since 1999, Osmose, a recipient of Seed Grants 2008, utilized the grant in creating a waste management system in Peak Kantel Village. ERIC GUERIN writes an update.
Translocation is one solution to the problem of human-elephant conflict in Peninsular Malaysia. REGEN JAMIESON takes a look at the programme run by the Department of Wildlife (PERHILITAN).
After almost a year living in the forests of East Malaysia, researcher and photographer NOAH JACKSON takes stock of his work and decides where his journey should continue.
NOAH JACKSON writes about his experience living with the Ba Puak Penan Tribe and how "community forestry" will help the natives' continual survival in the changing landscape of Malaysian forests.
Continuing his research in Borneo, East Malaysia, NOAH JACKSON takes longer journeys into the rainforest and gets acquainted with the local Penan people.
NOAH JACKSON embarks on a project to conserve the rainforest using his skills in photography and writing. Read his personal account of the story so far.
NICK BUTLER gives an insight into Osmose, a Khmer NGO, committed to conserving the unique birdlife of seasonally flooded forest near the floating village of Prek Toal in the north east corner of the Tonle Sap Great Lake in Cambodia.
Bali exudes the essence of mass tourism with its endless stream of seaside hotels and throbbing nightclubs, find out how WILD ASIA's Seed Grant supports villages that offer a glimpse into the genuine ways of Balinese life.