ASIAN Geographic

ASIAN Geographic is the bi-monthly magazine that scours the region to bring readers the most compelling stories and images from the world's largest and most diverse continent. Readers enjoy a unique melting pot of breathtaking photography and in-depth features covering culture, nature, sustainability issues and exploration into the history of this diverse region. A regular 'Exploration' segment follows brave field editors as they travel deep into Asia's unexplored regions to take readers on a journey.

EDITOR’S NOTE

Conserving the Last Frontier • Myanmar’s once-paradisiacal Mergui Archipelago, the sprawling home to the country’s Moken “sea gypsies”, has become Southeast Asia’s epicentre for unsustainable and illegal fishing

A Drop in the Ocean • With the establishment of locally managed marine areas around just a few of the Mergui Archipelago’s 800 islands, the race to safeguard this jewel of the Andaman Sea faces a long uphill battle

DID YOU KNOW? • According to according to a 2014 Oxfam report, an estimated 43% of Myanmar’s population is dependent to some degree on fishing or aquaculture

Selected Hope Spots in Asia-Pacific • Myanmar’s Mergui Archipelago is one of dozens of the region’s “Hope Spots” – ecologically unique marine areas designated for protection under a global conservation campaign led by Sylvia Earle’s non-profit organisation Mission Blue.

No Time to Waste

Finding Harmony Between Humans and Elephants • How one non-profit organisation is encouraging alternative crops to reduce human–elephant conflict in Thailand

DID YOU KNOW?

The Tom Yum Project

BRING THE ELEPHANT HOME (BTEH)

KOH TAO: Little Changes, Big Impacts • How two small businesses are putting sustainability first in their efforts to improve lives and preserve the environment

Cleaning Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch • New technologies are being deployed to remove plastic trash from our oceans and rivers

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

USE LESS PLASTIC

PLASTIC IS MADE OF TOXINS • ABOUT 5 PERCENT of oil and gas is used for producing plastics

Saving Species on the Brink

Protecting the World’s Biggest Eagle • The national bird of the Philippines is under threat of extinction from deforestation and human persecution

DESCRIPTION

The Shark Conservationist Who Helped Capture Jaws • After participating in the shoot that led to Hollywood’s most famous shark scene, Valerie Taylor became a tireless defender of sharks and the marine environment. For ADEX Pixel Expo’s “Generational Exchange”, actress and ADEX Ambassador for Marine Conservation Hidy Yu talks to the Australian legend

DID YOU KNOW?

10 Critically Endangered Sharks, Rays, Skates and Sawfish in Asia • More than 90 species of elasmobranchs – a subclass of cartilaginous fish that includes sharks, rays, skates and sawfish – are listed as “Critically Endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Here are 10 found in the Asian region.

Understanding the Ocean’s Biggest Fish • How one research team is using ultrasound and blood sampling techniques pioneered in Japan to study whale sharks in the wild off the Galápagos

GALÁPAGOS WHALE SHARK PROJECT

REWILDING ARGENTINA AND REWILDING CHILE • With the assistance of the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, two offspring organisations of pioneering Tompkins Conservation are reintroducing key native species in Argentina and helping endangered species to thrive in Chile

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