There are numerous efforts underway to protect the planets remaining primary forests, unfortunately most seem to be failing miserably. One idea in particular has been interesting governments and conservationists around the Globe, REDD or REDD+ as it’s now touted. Having researched and produced films on REDD and seen the destruction taking place on the ground [...]

There has been a great deal of criticism of conservation NGO’s working in Cambodia recently and as someone who has worked with the conservation sector here for the past decade, I would like to make a defense of their position. I have worked with all of these groups to some degree and feel that much [...]

I have witnessed some interesting animal behavior over the years and one of those that stand out was some fish eagles in Kerala, Southern India. This was 1992 in the sleepy fishing village of Varkala, which I believe today is a major tourist hub. The local fishermen worked as a team each day to fish [...]

I understand that many people will find this year’s flood of economic land concessions across the Kingdom to be a bit of a shock to the system, but please remember this is exactly what the government proposed when they issued their “National Forest Program” documents in late 2009. I know from conversations with others in [...]

So here we are again, election time in Thailand. Lets look at the 2 main choices for the Thai voters to choose from. On one side we have the ironically named “Democrats”. They are Thailand’s oldest political party and everyone knows what they stand for. A continuation of the outrageously corrupt practices that have existed [...]

I always find animal behavior interesting. I filmed a Siamese crocodile a few years back that was not impressed by a cormorant that kept coming to its lake to catch fish. The bird would dry itself in the sun on the same log after fishing and one time the croc swam close by the log [...]

Prey Long is a half a million hectare forest and the last remaining lowland evergreen rainforest in mainland South East Asia. Elsewhere this now rare forest type has already been cleared for agriculture. Today in Phnom Penh members of the indigenous tribe the “Kuy” have been protesting against the incredible destruction that can be seen [...]

I have finally managed to track down Tonle Sap satellite images to compare last year’s low levels with a normal year. These images were taken at the peaks in 2009 (a fairly average year) and 2010. It makes worrying viewing. Interestingly 1998 is the lowest on record (only slightly lower than 2009) and 2000 is [...]

I have just returned from a 9-day expedition to Prey Long forest in central Cambodia, which I visited in 2008 and 2009. On this expedition we had leading botanical experts from Denmark, the US and Cambodia as well as a camera crew from Denmark. With the addition of 2 military police that the Forestry Administration [...]

I just heard that a short film I put together for Conservation International recently was shown at a board meeting a few days ago. Apparently the audience included Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film was shown as part of an internal competition among a number of projects, which was won hands down by the [...]