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March 18, 2020 | Fortune
The Global Crisis in Recycling
The recycling industry struggles in response to the disposal of plastic throughout the world.
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Malaysia
March 16, 2020 | Fortune
Plastic That Travels 8,000 Miles: The Global Crisis in Recycling
With the world drowning in plastic, the need for recycling is more acute than ever. But the industry that handles all that waste is on the verge of collapse.
November 30, 2019 | The Washington Post
The Eroding Life for the Batek of Kuala Koh, Malaysia’s Last Hunter-Gatherers
Kenneth Dickerman and James Whitlow Delano document the damage palm oil plantations have had on the culture and ecology of the Batek of Kuala Koh, Malaysia's last hunter-gatherers.
February 12, 2019 | Music in Exile
Musician Profile: Mohammed Alom
Alom left Myanmar for Malaysia when he was a teenager. He was deported about seven years later, but he couldn't go home because security forces had waged a genocidal campaign on his community.
August 07, 2018 | Pacific Standard
Displacement in Sarawak
The Malaysian government has routinely put private-sector interests and infrastructure projects ahead of the livelihoods of indigenous people.
February 08, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Refugees in Malaysia: Haunted by Memories
Refugees who fled to Malaysia battle deteriorating mental health, traumatized by death threats, war zones, and disability.
February 07, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Everyday Struggle in Malaysia
Refugees in Malaysia are not allowed to work and do not have access to health facilities or public school education. So what does their everyday lives look like?
February 05, 2018 | News Deeply
Inside Malaysia’s ‘Living Hell’ for Refugee Children
Malaysia shelters thousands of mostly Rohingya refugees but offers them few protections, and children bear the brunt of the restrictions.
March 15, 2017 | Nature
Malaysia: A Makeover for the World's Most Hated Crop
Oil palm has a reputation as an environmental menace. Can the latest genetic research change that?
March 14, 2017 | Yale Environment 360, The Guardian
How Protecting Native Forests Cost a Southeast Asian Activist His Life
Bill Kayong was 15 minutes into his morning commute when he was shot in the head. He was one of dozens of people killed defending environmental causes in 2016.
November 03, 2013 | The Seattle Times
Can Sea Life Adapt?
For a glimpse of how nature might — or might not — adapt to ocean acidification, scientists turn to the prickly “hedgehog of the sea.”
April 09, 2013 | The Atlantic
Palm Oil for the West, Exploitation for Young Workers in Malaysia
As demand for palm oil grows, thousands of child laborers toil on Malaysia's plantations.
How the Global Recycling System Collapsed
Vivienne Walt and Sebastian Meyer reported from the U.S. and Malaysia in their investigation of the failure of global plastics recycling.
End of Times for Malaysia's Batek?
A mysterious illness has taken the lives of 15 out of 180 members of a clan of Malaysia’s last hunter gatherers, the Batek.
A Journey Through Contested Lands: Malaysia
This project looks at struggles over land rights faced by indigenous communities in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Marginalized in Malaysia: The Refugee Child’s Struggle for Survival
Many refugee children in Malaysia are attempting to adjust to a foreign society, but with their illegal status, everyday lives are ridden with fear.
Mist and Mystery: Borneo's Vanishing Landscape
Borneo's ecological devastation involves logging, mining, palm oil cultivation, habitat loss, and climate change. This project examines these challenges through the eyes of Borneo’s indigenous people.
Can Palm Oil Ever Be Grown Sustainably?
Palm oil—a product that appears in candy bars, cereal, and cosmetics—is a product the world needs. But can it be produced in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner?
Sea Change: The Pacific’s Perilous Turn
In 2009, The Seattle Times reported that ocean acidification – the plummeting pH of seas from carbon-dioxide emissions – was killing billions of Northwest oysters. That was only the beginning.
Lost in the Forest: Stateless Children in Borneo’s Palm Oil Industry
Profitable as it is for multi-national companies, palm oil is extracted at a heavy social and environmental cost, making it one of the most controversial commodities in the world.
Malaysia: How “Green” Bio-Fuels are Destroying the Little People of the Rainforest
For the “little peoples” - a reference to both physical stature and political clout - loss of the rainforests to loggers and palm oil plantations has been a high price to pay for bio-fuel production.
Malaysia: Refugees from Burma at Risk
Refugees fleeing Burma's authoritarian government frequently end up in Malaysia. The promised haven is often anything but, with refugees prey to human traffickers, physical abuse and rape. This project tells their story.
August 08, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Stuart Franklin
Indigenous people, once careful stewards of the rainforest, have been driven out of the forest to resettlement centers and denuded villages.
April 18, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Fred Pearce
200 environmental and human rights activists are assassinated each year, according to Global Witness. Fred Pearce investigates the headline-grabbing slayings of three of these activists.
September 13, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Craig Welch and Steve Ringman Discuss Ocean Acidification Reporting
Meet the reporter and photographer behind The Seattle Times' ocean acidification project.
February 18, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Steve Sapienza on the Struggle for Education on Malaysia's Palm Oil Plantations
Journalists Steve Sapienza and Jason Motlagh investigate the struggle of migrant children on Malaysia's palm oil estates to gain access to education
February 12, 2019 | Education news, Awards
AU Student Fellow Alum Nominated for College Television Award
Student Fellow Kent Wagner's film is being nominated for the Television Academy Foundation's 39th College Television Award for Non-Fiction/Reality.
March 21, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: Can Science Save Palm Oil?
This week: the debate behind increasing palm oil production, Africa enlists drones in the fight against poaching, and the deadly cost of environmental activism.
November 16, 2015 | General news, Project news
Greg Constantine's 'Nowhere People' Reveals Human Face of Statelessness
Photographer's new book brings together a decade of reporting on a growing global phenomenon that now affects more than 10 million people.
October 03, 2014 | Project news, Awards
"Sea Change" Wins National Academies' Online Communication Award
Seattle Times, journalists recognized for reporting excellence "stunning multimedia investigation of the consequences of worldwide ocean acidification."
September 30, 2014 | Project news, Awards
"Sea Change" Wins ONA 2014 Award for Explanatory Reporting
Award-winning Pulitzer Center-supported Seattle Times reporting stretched from Pacific Northwest to the South Pacific.
July 06, 2013 | Project news
Malaysian Police Raid Screening of “No Fire Zone”
In Malaysia British filmmaker Callum Macrae's four-year fight for accountability on alleged Sri Lanka war crimes raises a new issue: the public's right to see a controversial film.
April 12, 2013 | General news
This Week in Review: Bracing For Budget Cuts
Senior Editor Tom Hundley shares this week's reporting—from Britain's budget blues to rape as a weapon of war in the DRC.
February 15, 2013 | General news
This Week in Review: What We Eat
Long a staple in the developing world, palm oil’s versatility and long shelf-life are fueling a surging demand that has turned it into a lucrative cash crop--with devastating consequences.
November 30, 2012 | General news
This Week in Review: The New Big Oil
This Week in Review: The New Big Oil
March 09, 2012 | General news
This Week in Review: Dust Wars
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting from Malaysia, China and Russia.
August 08, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Contested Lands: Teaching Indigenous Rights and Resistance Through Photo Stories
Indigenous rights and visual literacy take center stage in these activity ideas and classroom resources, using reporting from six countries by Magnum photographers.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
September 23, 2016 | All Grades
Child Labor
Explore reporting projects related to child labor.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
August 13, 2015 | All Grades
Environmental Health: What is it?
This lesson draws from a range of projects on food waste, ocean health, global goods and extractives, food insecurity, water and sanitation and more to support student understanding around...