A cable car system on Penang Hill? Thanks, but no thanks. That’s how conservationists and local civil society groups view a planned cable car system on the island’s scenic hill that the local government seems keen on constructing. “Any form of development, let alone a massive one, will have a serious impact…

Sea turtles in Melaka are losing out to a usual suspect: relentless coastal land reclamation. Sandy dunes and beaches are being bulldozed and razed to make way for new luxury hotels, upscale condominiums and flashy beachside shopping malls, leaving turtles with precious little space in which to lay their eggs….