Depending on your vantage point on the island, Penang may seem like a place still covered in plenty of lush green vegetation. But that view can be deceptive. Penang has been largely deforested over the years and decades with a mere 7.4% of it still boasting forests. Of those forests,…

Penang Hill designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. That’s what Universiti Sains Malaysia researchers want and rightly so. The 500 hectares of the hill boasts unique endemic species in an ecosystem that deserves to be declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the better to protect it. “In two brief surveys…