In 1987, a British naturalist became the first professional warden of a remote Seychelles island In 1987, British naturalist Ian Bullock arrived on remote Aride Island in the Seychelles to become its first professional warden. Just one year later, the groundwork he established helped make possible an important conservation project: 29 endangered Seychelles warblers were…

Ethnic Kachin people visit Myitsone, the confluence of the Mali and Nmai rivers, outside Myitkyina, capital city of Kachin state, Myanmar Fourteen years after public protests forced construction to stop, Myanmar is preparing to restart the $3.6 billion (£2.8 billion) Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State. The China-backed dam would create a reservoir roughly the…

​Jins Joseph seeks discharge in Canada after fraud conviction amid deportation fears. An Indian student in Canada is asking a judge for a discharge after being convicted of theft and fraud, arguing that a criminal conviction could jeopardise his immigration status and force him to leave the country.Jins Joseph, who has been studying in Newfoundland…