Dawn of the third decade of the 21st century
NOW into our fifth day of this new decade, I just wonder how many lessons we have learned from this…
Browsing: Nature Matters
Nature’s contributions to Christmas
WHILST Christmas-tide is a joyful occasion for celebrating Christ’s birth and giving and receiving presents, it is also a time…
A natural contributor to climate change
TODAY the very words ‘climate change’ seem to be on everyone’s tongue for, inevitably, much attention has been focussed on…
A blazing and blistering year
WE have all felt the heat this year but not as much as those who do not work or live…
The clock is ticking down for the world’s major rivers
OUR rivers are running out of time. Water is the major source of all life and has been for millennia.…
Sand storming!
RECENTLY I purchased a bag of cement and three bags of sand from my local building supplier’s yard only to…
The persecution of minority people
IT was 11 years ago that I started to contribute to this column, often writing articles on endangered or vulnerable…
From small seeds, great dipterocarp trees grow yet taller
WHAT in common have the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Yellow Meranti dipterocarp tree at the Danum…