Parting the foliage to uncover the forest cover in Peninsular Malaysia, once an unbroken landscape, now fragmented. Dr. Bala worked on the Central Spine Forest Masterplan, which we can use as a case study to explore the kinds of planning and cooperation between private and public sectors that are required to conserve and perhaps restore the ecological connectivity of our divided rainforests. Dr. Ahimsa shares with us his experience working with large mammals in Peninsular Malaysia.

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Kota Damansara Forest Reserve sits in the middle of a sprawling urban landscape. Threatened by development a few years ago, the forest was gazetted through efforts of environmental groups and local residents. We speak to representatives from the groups to learn the current status of the forest and how locals are using the green space.

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Managing the human-and-leopard conflict begins with an understanding of leopard ecology when they live among humans who clear its habitat for agriculture.

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Dr Melvin Gumal recently won the Whitley Award for Conservation in Ape Habitats. The conservationist tells of the research, documentation and education to protect the orang utan in Sarawak’s Batang Ai National Park and Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Organic food in China has a relative short history, but farmers, government and development agencies are paying attention. AnLong Village, outside of ChengDu is a successful model of smallscale organic farm. Li Ming-Jiu from Chengdu Urban Rivers Association tells us more.

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Over the last few years, climate change has become one of the main topics of international negotiations and is now being identified as one of the greatest challenges humankind has ever faced. With Dr. Gary Theseira from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, we discuss Malaysia's strategies to reduce greenhouse gases.

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With the growing demand for timber how will the industry be satiated without destroying the environment? Koo shares on the initiatives and certification processes to protect the environment and to meet the needs of the wood-based industries.

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As we celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, let us not forget that every animal out there has a mother too. Our mothers comfort, fed and protect us. Animal mothers do the same, but in ways that we might find disgusting or even extreme. Today we learn how mothers of elephants, beetles and spiders care for their children in the wild, and what makes us different from them.

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More than 6 million people in the Klang Valley are impacted by the water rationing exercise being carried out. It started in March and is carried on into April. There is a threat that it might last the whole year. S. Piarapakaran of the Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia joins us to provide some insight.

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Dr Ponnampalam was a recently announced recipient of a2014 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, specifically to conduct new research in Malaysia’s dugong population. Focusing on the islands located off the east coast of Johor in Peninsular Malaysia, Dr Ponnampalam’s research will identify areas that are critical for one of the country’s last remaining population of dugongs in order to make recommendations for their habitat protection. 

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