From Thailand’s elephant plains to the Philippines’ coral sanctuaries, these destinations share one belief: that tourism must give back more than it takes. In Southeast Asia, ecotourism isn’t just about seeing nature – it’s about keeping it alive.
The Philippines is expected to include forestry targets when it updates its nationally determined contributions at COP30, where host country Brazil is also set to launch the Tropical Forests Forever Fund. Will the deforestation-hit Southeast Asian country stand to gain from it?
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms …