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Balancing Science, Conservation and Society

Law Yao Hua, Environment Journalist/ Co-founder, Macaranga

10-Jul-23 15:00

Balancing Science, Conservation and Society

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) recently held its 59th Meeting, with the aim to explore and illustrate the options and opportunities for balancing science, conservation and society around the world of tropical biodiversity. Environment writer and co-founder of environmental journalism portal Macaranga, Law Yao Hua, was in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, for the meetings, and joins us to share more about what went down last week, some exciting advances in tropical biology research, and how the declaration has called for practical solutions for a climate-resilient future.


Image Credit: Macaranga

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs


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Categories:  environment

Tags:  tropical biologytropical biodiversityAssociation for Tropical Biology and Conservationtropical habitatpositive climate action





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