Global consumer brands like Unilever, Nestlé and PepsiCo continue to buy palm oil from lawless brands which contribute to Indonesian deforestation.

Malaysia's Kuantan Port worries about lasting environmental impacts after a Chinese infrastructure project was canceled.

Is the China-backed Forest City a glimpse into the future, or a looming ecological crisis? Malaysians are sharply divided.

The Indonesian government often dismisses indigenous dwellings as 'slum villages,' but residents have no desire to move into concrete houses.

Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad has hit the brakes on former PM Najib Razak's expansionist railway plans.

Dangerous, lightly regulated gold mining may be the culprit in the poisoning of hundreds of Cambodians. Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed the allegations while handing out new mining contracts to international companies.

New technology could put an end to easy seafood fraud.

The River of Life, a project spearheaded by former Malaysia PM Najib Razak, has reinvigorated Kuala Lumpur's public spaces and improved the water quality of the Klang River.

Taiwan, South Korea, Spain, and China have aggressively subsidized vessel and fuel costs to encourage their fleets to operate thousands of kilometers from their home ports.

Thousands of new plant species are discovered every year.

A key Belt and Road hydropower dam project in Sumatra, Indonesia could threaten the rarest species of great ape in the world. Only about 800 Tapanuli orangutans remain, and they may be right in China's path.

An October 2017 landslide that killed 11 construction workers was a warning shot that unrestrained development could put life on Penang in danger.

Malaysia is undertaking a breakneck building spree that is lifting its economy while placing its environment and politics under pressure.

Tourism at Vietnam's colossal and stunning Son Doong Cave, restricted for years, is set to boom once a cable car system is installed by developers.

New research has found that each hectare of rainforest used for oil palm production is responsible for even higher carbon emissions than originally believed.

A little known yet arguably safer and more plentiful nuclear fuel, thorium, is making a comeback in traditionally anti-nuclear Indonesia.

Land sales by corrupt politicians to pay off corporate donors are driving electoral, environmental and social crises in the Indonesia.

Weaknesses in mapping roads in these areas leads to blank spots where illegal deforestation can occur.