Living bridges made of fig tree roots in Cherrapunji, India
The nearly magical properties of fig trees
Indonesia
Rafts of rubber and a hotel for birds with spit that sells
There’s plenty of room at the Hotel Sri Tahjung. Any time of year… you can find it here. But if you want to stay, you’ll need a pair of wings and plenty of saliva. Continue reading
Borneo’s eco-stranded apes with nowhere to call home
Who’s that hiding in the trees? It’s a Bornean orangutan, an ape with an unhappy history and an uncertain future. Continue reading
Golden green grunge for rare red orangutans
It’s a biologist’s dream — a rock band that’s named after plankton and makes conservation cool. Continue reading
Millions of long lost logs and a single special tree
If the ground beneath my feet last week could talk, it could tell a long story of land and logging, crime and conservation — the kind of story that defines rainforest politics. Continue reading
They kill environment journalists, don’t they?
Journalists face many threats for uncovering environmental abuses. Some more solidarity from their safer colleagues around the world would put the media spotlight on a growing problem that nations are obliged to tackle under the Rio Declaration they signed in 1992.
Under The Banyan 