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APRIL 1, 2010
Seems like every other month I post an article about some SE Asian country being a " hub" for wildlife trafficking (eg. Tags: singapore wildlife crime wildlife trafficking asia. Vietnam, Malaysia.) How many more are there?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Dragan]: The best birding in Asia is not even on the Asian mainland! And the very best and the most up-to-date field guide is Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore ”, the 2020 Lynx and BirdLife International Collection guide by Chong Leong Puan, Geoffrey Davison and Kim Chye Lim.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2021
The main conservation issues are habitat loss, hunting and wildlife trade. Eaton, is a co-founder and guide for Birdtour Asia, has been leading and pioneering birdwatching tours throughout the region since 2005. The first author, James A. Brickle is a long-time Indonesia resident, birdwatcher and conservationist from 1992 onwards.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia, edited by Yong Ding Li & Low Bing Wen. And now I am holding the “The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia” – an expanded and fully updated second edition of “The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Southeast Asia”. As a rule, I like second editions better.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2022
When you think of the best birding in the south of Asia, it is Malaysia that comes to mind, although you are likely not to even think of the country as such: you are dreaming of the (Malaysian) province of Sabah, in the north of the island of Borneo. And yet, it easily fits the largest pocket of my reporter’s vest.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2019
9 countries were visited during March by your tireless beats ( 11 of them); India, UK, USA, Serbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. With so much thrashing around in SE Asia, it is interesting to compare east and west hemispheres. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 01 Jan 2019.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2014
The reason Borneo lends itself to this type of birding holiday is that tourism in Borneo leans towards outdoorsy, wildlife based tourism anyway. Contrast this in Asia to, say, Singapore, Hong Kong or Bangkok, all of which have great birding nearby but are destinations people go to for reasons other than wildlife.
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