Yann Bigant
@yannbigant.com
Conservation/environment photographer
Wildlife conservation issues in Southeast Asia
📷📝 SCMP, Dialogue Earth, VOA, Mekong Review, CamboJA
Fine art photography
📍Phnom Penh, Cambodia
web https://yannbigant.fr/links
insta https://instagram.com/yannbigant
Wildlife conservation issues in Southeast Asia
📷📝 SCMP, Dialogue Earth, VOA, Mekong Review, CamboJA
Fine art photography
📍Phnom Penh, Cambodia
web https://yannbigant.fr/links
insta https://instagram.com/yannbigant
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Yann Bigant
@yannbigant.com
· May 1
Bird hunting in Cambodia driven by poverty and lax enforcement
Conservationists are raising the alarm on an overlooked crisis across the country and Southeast Asia
dialogue.earth
Hunting birds is rampant throughout Cambodia. w/ Vutha Srey, we joined hunters catching birds at night and dug into the reasons behind the trade for @dialogueearth.bsky.social
With support from @anticorruption.bsky.social Cambodia
dialogue.earth/en/nature/bi... #birds 🌏
With support from @anticorruption.bsky.social Cambodia
dialogue.earth/en/nature/bi... #birds 🌏
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“It would be really great if we could get some solar energy before the Sun rises and after sunset, because then you could actually charge higher prices and make a lot more money.”
...at the expense of wildlife, the beauty/wonder of the night sky, etc:
...at the expense of wildlife, the beauty/wonder of the night sky, etc:
FCC should stop this before launch
“Give us 4 minutes. If everyone hates it, we can turn it off,” they say, but once up there, would they?
Beaming a 'sun spotlight' anywhere on earth has nasty military applications & unknown (bad) effects on wildlife, just to boost #solar energy output further 🤔
“Give us 4 minutes. If everyone hates it, we can turn it off,” they say, but once up there, would they?
Beaming a 'sun spotlight' anywhere on earth has nasty military applications & unknown (bad) effects on wildlife, just to boost #solar energy output further 🤔
A New Kind of Satellite Could Damage Your Eyes
Reflect Orbital's gigantic satellites could harm our eyes, alter sleep patterns, and block out the starry sky.
skyandtelescope.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“It would be really great if we could get some solar energy before the Sun rises and after sunset, because then you could actually charge higher prices and make a lot more money.”
...at the expense of wildlife, the beauty/wonder of the night sky, etc:
...at the expense of wildlife, the beauty/wonder of the night sky, etc:
Hunters target older birds living in remote areas, as they know more songs than young ones and are prized by buyers.
Just like trophy hunting goes for the more experienced individuals, the songbird trade removes culture repositories from bird communities.
www.mekongeye.com/2025/11/24/l... #birds 🌏
Just like trophy hunting goes for the more experienced individuals, the songbird trade removes culture repositories from bird communities.
www.mekongeye.com/2025/11/24/l... #birds 🌏
Laos’ birdsong is disappearing unnoticed
Unprotected and in demand, the Black-throated Laughingthrush is being trapped across Laos for the cross-border bird trade
www.mekongeye.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hunters target older birds living in remote areas, as they know more songs than young ones and are prized by buyers.
Just like trophy hunting goes for the more experienced individuals, the songbird trade removes culture repositories from bird communities.
www.mekongeye.com/2025/11/24/l... #birds 🌏
Just like trophy hunting goes for the more experienced individuals, the songbird trade removes culture repositories from bird communities.
www.mekongeye.com/2025/11/24/l... #birds 🌏
Traditions arose because they made sense in a specific time and context. If some do more harm than good today, why not just stop them?
Seabirds are already facing decline (👋 avian flu), we definitely don't need this. Petition the Scottish government below. #birds
Seabirds are already facing decline (👋 avian flu), we definitely don't need this. Petition the Scottish government below. #birds
Please help stop the 'Guga hunt' a needless slaughter of Gannet chicks on a remote Scottish island - petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Traditions arose because they made sense in a specific time and context. If some do more harm than good today, why not just stop them?
Seabirds are already facing decline (👋 avian flu), we definitely don't need this. Petition the Scottish government below. #birds
Seabirds are already facing decline (👋 avian flu), we definitely don't need this. Petition the Scottish government below. #birds
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As Nicholas Hune-Brown points out in the @thelocal.to, emerging writers are getting lost in the AI pitch slop: thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As Nicholas Hune-Brown points out in the @thelocal.to, emerging writers are getting lost in the AI pitch slop: thelocal.to/investigatin...
Beautiful paradise flycatcher a few days ago just across the Mekong.
📷 Female Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
#birdoftheday #birds
📷 Female Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
#birdoftheday #birds
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Beautiful paradise flycatcher a few days ago just across the Mekong.
📷 Female Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
#birdoftheday #birds
📷 Female Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
#birdoftheday #birds
"He imagines a space where children from the streets can find shelter, food and clothing, and a sense of purpose through caring for rescued birds and the environment."
Beautiful story - the kind that makes you hopeful.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202... #birds
Beautiful story - the kind that makes you hopeful.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202... #birds
Nairobi’s ‘Birdman’: Rescuing raptors on the streets of Kenya’s capital
Rodgers Oloo Magutha, who’s lived much of his life on the streets, has big dreams of one day opening a bird shelter.
www.aljazeera.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"He imagines a space where children from the streets can find shelter, food and clothing, and a sense of purpose through caring for rescued birds and the environment."
Beautiful story - the kind that makes you hopeful.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202... #birds
Beautiful story - the kind that makes you hopeful.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202... #birds
Tiny transmitters fitted on the back of birds help researchers record climate data, arrest poachers and even protect whales from ship collisions. @audubon.org
www.audubon.org/magazine/man... #birds 🌎
www.audubon.org/magazine/man... #birds 🌎
The Many Ways Scientists Are Turning Birds Into Feathered Field Assistants
From frigatebirds and gulls to curlews and cormorants, researchers are tapping the ”Internet of Animals” to map, understand, and protect our changing world.
www.audubon.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Tiny transmitters fitted on the back of birds help researchers record climate data, arrest poachers and even protect whales from ship collisions. @audubon.org
www.audubon.org/magazine/man... #birds 🌎
www.audubon.org/magazine/man... #birds 🌎
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My new column on what's going into cheap meat & the health cost www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Can we keep antibiotics working? Yes, but the world needs to follow the EU and the UK | Devi Sridhar
Unless more countries drastically cut back on antibiotic use in food production, these vital drugs will lose their efficacy for humans, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the Uni...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My new column on what's going into cheap meat & the health cost www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tropical forests are regenerating across millions of hectares, with Latin America and Asia showing dramatic gains—but this apparent recovery conceals a deeper contradiction: deforestation remains stubbornly high.
Forest Declaration Assessment reveals a forest paradox
The world’s forests tell two stories at once. Even as chainsaws advance, new trees are rising in their wake. More than 11 million hectares of tropical moist forest—an area roughly the size of…
news.mongabay.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Tropical forests are regenerating across millions of hectares, with Latin America and Asia showing dramatic gains—but this apparent recovery conceals a deeper contradiction: deforestation remains stubbornly high.
Data shows that -in Cambodia- a large share of wildlife hunting is correlated with poverty. A universal basic income, beyond helping everyone meet basic requirements (which the current economic model does not), would have huge benefits for wildlife populations.
kiripost.com/stories/the-...
kiripost.com/stories/the-...
The Right to Stand on Solid Ground: Why Cambodia Needs an Income Floor for All
As Cambodia’s rapid growth continues to leave millions in economic insecurity, the nation stands at a turning point. This commentary explores how establishing a universal basic income is seen as essen...
kiripost.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Data shows that -in Cambodia- a large share of wildlife hunting is correlated with poverty. A universal basic income, beyond helping everyone meet basic requirements (which the current economic model does not), would have huge benefits for wildlife populations.
kiripost.com/stories/the-...
kiripost.com/stories/the-...
Just like we can map out whale migration corridors and prevent collisions with ships, we now have the data to keep wind turbines out of birds' migration flyways 🌏 #birds
A new study looks at bird migration patterns over open ocean in an attempt to assess how much risk offshore wind turbines and other marine infrastructure might pose to them.
Radar study shows when offshore turbines pose greatest risks to migrating birds
When songbirds migrate through the Americas, they often cut through sections of the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico to save energy. A new study looks at their flying patterns in an attempt to…
news.mongabay.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Just like we can map out whale migration corridors and prevent collisions with ships, we now have the data to keep wind turbines out of birds' migration flyways 🌏 #birds
www.youtube.com/shorts/a9OXt...
Mist nets are killing millions of birds across Southeast Asia - short video explainer for @mongabay.com
@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social 🌏 #birds
Mist nets are killing millions of birds across Southeast Asia - short video explainer for @mongabay.com
@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social 🌏 #birds
Why are mist nets a threat to birds in Southeast Asia?
YouTube video by Mongabay
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
www.youtube.com/shorts/a9OXt...
Mist nets are killing millions of birds across Southeast Asia - short video explainer for @mongabay.com
@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social 🌏 #birds
Mist nets are killing millions of birds across Southeast Asia - short video explainer for @mongabay.com
@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social 🌏 #birds
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Depressing that the IUCN's confirmation that an endangered species is in fact endangered is the closest thing I can provide to "good news."
Latest for @mongabay.com shows how a concerted effort by the biomedical research lobby to downgrade the IUCN listing of long-tailed macaques has failed.
Latest for @mongabay.com shows how a concerted effort by the biomedical research lobby to downgrade the IUCN listing of long-tailed macaques has failed.
IUCN upholds long-tailed macaques’ endangered status after complaint
BANGKOK — The long-tailed macaque will remain on the Red List of the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, despite objections from the biomedical industry arguing the designation hampers r...
news.mongabay.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Depressing that the IUCN's confirmation that an endangered species is in fact endangered is the closest thing I can provide to "good news."
Latest for @mongabay.com shows how a concerted effort by the biomedical research lobby to downgrade the IUCN listing of long-tailed macaques has failed.
Latest for @mongabay.com shows how a concerted effort by the biomedical research lobby to downgrade the IUCN listing of long-tailed macaques has failed.
Optimistic take of a data scientist looking at the fight against climate change. A feel-good read 👇
While the headlines paint a dismal picture of efforts to rein in warming, the numbers often tell a different story.
In an interview, data scientist Hannah Ritchie talks about where she sees the world gaining ground in the climate fight.
In an interview, data scientist Hannah Ritchie talks about where she sees the world gaining ground in the climate fight.
This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight
Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change. In an interview, she talks abo...
e360.yale.edu
October 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Optimistic take of a data scientist looking at the fight against climate change. A feel-good read 👇
Interesting look at India’s agroecology programme (the world's largest) that brings farmers much higher profits, deliver similar crop yields and supports higher levels of biodiversity, esp for farmland #birds
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Seen in @mikeshanahan.bsky.social's Nature Beat newsletter 🙏🌏
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Seen in @mikeshanahan.bsky.social's Nature Beat newsletter 🙏🌏
India’s agroecology programme, ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming’, delivers biodiversity and economic benefits without lowering yields - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysis of crop yields, farmer income and bird species abundances identifies multiple positive outcomes of a large-scale Indian government-incentivized agroecology initiative.
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Interesting look at India’s agroecology programme (the world's largest) that brings farmers much higher profits, deliver similar crop yields and supports higher levels of biodiversity, esp for farmland #birds
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Seen in @mikeshanahan.bsky.social's Nature Beat newsletter 🙏🌏
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Seen in @mikeshanahan.bsky.social's Nature Beat newsletter 🙏🌏
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Do you work in conservation science, particularly outside the U.S.? Did you lose your job or funding for your job because of cuts to U.S. federal agencies? Do you want to talk about it? DM me please. (This is for a @biographic.bsky.social story)
[Iceland photo for attention only]
[Iceland photo for attention only]
September 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Do you work in conservation science, particularly outside the U.S.? Did you lose your job or funding for your job because of cuts to U.S. federal agencies? Do you want to talk about it? DM me please. (This is for a @biographic.bsky.social story)
[Iceland photo for attention only]
[Iceland photo for attention only]
Conservation's road ahead by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social from Mongabay
www.butlernature.com/2025/09/17/n...
www.butlernature.com/2025/09/17/n...
Navigating conservation’s crisis
Call it a crossroads. Ecological decline is accelerating in too many places at once; institutions that once limited the damage are wobbling; the information channels we rely on to coordinate action ar...
www.butlernature.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Conservation's road ahead by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social from Mongabay
www.butlernature.com/2025/09/17/n...
www.butlernature.com/2025/09/17/n...
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After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...
Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
medium.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...
The meat & dairy industry adopting mafia tactics against environmental and animal rights activists
Leaked documents show the Animal Agriculture Alliance has had its eyes on 150+ NGOs as it looks to sabotage climate, health and environmental advocacy.
It's creepy and paranoid, but unsurprising that the AAA is following NGOs around.
Read more from @desmog.com ⤵️
It's creepy and paranoid, but unsurprising that the AAA is following NGOs around.
Read more from @desmog.com ⤵️
Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-fun...
www.desmog.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The meat & dairy industry adopting mafia tactics against environmental and animal rights activists
The EU is considering white-listing animals that can be kept as pets, on the basis of welfare in captivity, biodiversity, public health and feasibility of trade monitoring - as opposed to a CITES-like species by species blacklisting.
Hope this will survive the lobbies' attacks 🌏 #pettrade
Hope this will survive the lobbies' attacks 🌏 #pettrade
Can we save wildlife from the exotic pet trade? EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done right. @wildjourno.bsky.social reports: https://therevelator.org/exotic-pet-trade-european-union/
The Exotic Pet Trade Harms Animals and Humans. The European Union Is Studying a Potential Solution • The Revelator
EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation -- if it's done right.
therevelator.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The EU is considering white-listing animals that can be kept as pets, on the basis of welfare in captivity, biodiversity, public health and feasibility of trade monitoring - as opposed to a CITES-like species by species blacklisting.
Hope this will survive the lobbies' attacks 🌏 #pettrade
Hope this will survive the lobbies' attacks 🌏 #pettrade
How many people can the wildlife trade really support? A critical examination of the 'livelihoods' argument.
therevelator.org/wildlife-tra...
therevelator.org/wildlife-tra...
Wildlife Trade: Does the ‘Livelihoods Depend on It’ Defense Hold Up? • The Revelator
New research into the turtle-meat trade reveals that assumptions and unsubstantiated claims could hurt conservation efforts.
therevelator.org
September 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How many people can the wildlife trade really support? A critical examination of the 'livelihoods' argument.
therevelator.org/wildlife-tra...
therevelator.org/wildlife-tra...
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What does the global war on NGOs mean for development? And with their decline, can private aid to NGOs fill the gaps for the world’s poor? Suparna Chaudhry explains the current environment for NGOs:
Why the World Turned on NGOs
From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.
foreignpolicy.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What does the global war on NGOs mean for development? And with their decline, can private aid to NGOs fill the gaps for the world’s poor? Suparna Chaudhry explains the current environment for NGOs:
Benefits of reforestation to fight climate change wildly overestimated.
"reducing the climate benefit to only 12.5 billion tonnes of carbon by 2050.... only slightly more than a single year of global fossil fuel emissions."
theconversation.com/trees-alone-...
"reducing the climate benefit to only 12.5 billion tonnes of carbon by 2050.... only slightly more than a single year of global fossil fuel emissions."
theconversation.com/trees-alone-...
Trees alone won’t save us: new study says forestation has less potential to fix the climate than hoped
Governments have pledged vast areas for new forests, but much of this land may be unsuitable.
theconversation.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Benefits of reforestation to fight climate change wildly overestimated.
"reducing the climate benefit to only 12.5 billion tonnes of carbon by 2050.... only slightly more than a single year of global fossil fuel emissions."
theconversation.com/trees-alone-...
"reducing the climate benefit to only 12.5 billion tonnes of carbon by 2050.... only slightly more than a single year of global fossil fuel emissions."
theconversation.com/trees-alone-...
Nice write-up on the loss of natural sounds in nature, linked to the decline of insects and birds, with a terrifying recording of bird calls before and after selective logging.
www.lukasguides.com/stone-cold-s... 🌏 #birds
www.lukasguides.com/stone-cold-s... 🌏 #birds
Stone Cold Silent
Living in a time of acoustic fossils
www.lukasguides.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Nice write-up on the loss of natural sounds in nature, linked to the decline of insects and birds, with a terrifying recording of bird calls before and after selective logging.
www.lukasguides.com/stone-cold-s... 🌏 #birds
www.lukasguides.com/stone-cold-s... 🌏 #birds
Under the -positive- pressure of the garment industry, Cambodia is pushing for more wind energy to decarbonise its electricity. Yet with lack of proper consultations, this leads to more land conflicts in indigenous territories.
By @daniellek-o.bsky.social @vantha.bsky.social 🌏
By @daniellek-o.bsky.social @vantha.bsky.social 🌏
In the Laoka village of Cambodia, Klerng Nary watched as trees were felled in the forest nearby her home. Workers who came to fell the trees did not inform the Indigenous Bunong community of their employer.
✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/_rItQYk
✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/_rItQYk
Indigenous communities fear impacts of Cambodian wind projects
Cambodia hopes wind farms can help solve its growing power needs, but opaque plans have left the Bunong people worried for their sacred land
dialogue.earth
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Under the -positive- pressure of the garment industry, Cambodia is pushing for more wind energy to decarbonise its electricity. Yet with lack of proper consultations, this leads to more land conflicts in indigenous territories.
By @daniellek-o.bsky.social @vantha.bsky.social 🌏
By @daniellek-o.bsky.social @vantha.bsky.social 🌏