Earth Matters

Tim Cotter is the founder of AWAKE, a provider of psychology-based resources for developing a culture of sustainability in organisations and communities. He discusses ways to stimulate the psychological conditions which lead to sustainable behaviour.

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The Kota Damansara Community Forest Reserve is one of the few remaining green areas for the Klang Valley.

Officially gazetted in 2010, we speak to Justine Vaz, the Pro-Tem Secretary of the Kota Damansara Community Forest Society, about efforts to create constructive activities for the area, including conservation, education and research.

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At the Rio+20 Conference this June, everyone from world leaders to NGOs will come together to discuss how to reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection.

Yin Shao Loong, who attended the conference 10 years ago as Facilitator of the NGO caucus, will talk about his experiences there and after, while sharing his thoughts on the upcoming summit and what he thinks it will achieve.

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The annual My Garden Birdwatch survey will take place on the 2nd and 3rd of June 2012, and we find out how everyone can aid in the conservation of birds and their habitat from Rafi Kudus, the Chairman of Bird Conservation Council of Malaysia and Mark Ng, the MNS Bird Group coordinator.

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This June, Kenny Peavy and Jamie Raskin will journey by bike and other sustainable means from Thailand to Bali, along the way exploring Southeast Asia's wealth of biodiversity, and meeting with groups and individuals involved in its protection and destruction.

We find out about the journey ahead from Kenny, who is also part of the Environmental Education Alliance of South East Asia.

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We find out about the current status of the Sumatran Elephant and the efforts being made for its conservation, from ecologist Dr. Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz.

Dr. Ahimsa is principal investigator at the Management & Ecology for Malaysian Elephants or MEME, an organisation which is working on developing a long-term elephant conservation strategy, based on scientifically sound knowledge of elephant behavior, ecology, and interactions with people.

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The Malayan sun bear, the world's smallest bear species, is classified as 'vulnerable' to extinction on the IUCN red list.

We find out more about the Malayan Sun Bear from Wong Siew Te of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and Kenny Peavy of the Environmental Education Alliance of South East Asia, who are also behind the Rockin' 4 the Environment: Sun Bear Rock, an event which hopes to raise awareness on sun bears among the masses.

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We find out more about the aims and work of MareCet, Malaysia's first home-grown NGO that's focussed on the research and conservation of marine mammals, from marine biologists Dr. Louisa Ponnampalam and Fairul Izmal.

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Back in 2009, the UK Met Office Hadley Centre released the interactive Four Degrees Celsius map, to illustrate the potentially catastrophic effects of a global temperature rise of 4 Degrees Celcius to the world.

We discuss both this and the most recent map released - which focuses on the effects on South East Asia in particular - with John Pearson, the Head of the Regional Climate Change Network, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) South East Asia.

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The Orang Asal of Malaysia are increasingly facing threats of extinguishment of their native customary rights (NCR) over their land and are being relocated against their will and often without being paid any compensation.

We find out more about what their native rights entail and the issues they are currently facing from Lim Teck Wyn, an environmentalist and Technical Director at Resource Stewardship Consultants (RESCU).

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