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 🌏
A study found that 20% of animals at wildlife trade sites were carrying zoonotic pathogens : “There may be lots of zoonosis going undetected – we don’t necessarily know what causes every infection that someone gets”
Solid read by @sneweyy.bsky.social on the risks posed by Laos' wildlife trade 🌏
Solid read by @sneweyy.bsky.social on the risks posed by Laos' wildlife trade 🌏
Boiled pangolin for lunch? The rampant trade that could spark a new pandemic
Laos has become a key destination for international wildlife traffickers. Experts warn it could unleash a new pathogen
@sneweyy.bsky.social dispatch - free to read🔓
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Laos has become a key destination for international wildlife traffickers. Experts warn it could unleash a new pathogen
@sneweyy.bsky.social dispatch - free to read🔓
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Boiled pangolin for lunch? The rampant trade that could spark a new pandemic
Laos has become a key destination for international wildlife traffickers. Experts warn it could unleash a new pathogen
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
A study found that 20% of animals at wildlife trade sites were carrying zoonotic pathogens : “There may be lots of zoonosis going undetected – we don’t necessarily know what causes every infection that someone gets”
Solid read by @sneweyy.bsky.social on the risks posed by Laos' wildlife trade 🌏
Solid read by @sneweyy.bsky.social on the risks posed by Laos' wildlife trade 🌏
*How* we electrify the planet has massive implications for birds: "Globally, 18% of species facing threat of extinction are negatively affected by utilities and service lines (mainly electrocution), while 11% are negatively affected by wind facilities" 🌏 #birds
‘We thought they would ignore us’: how humans are changing the way raptors behave
‘We thought they would ignore us’: how humans are changing the way raptors behave
Experts call for tighter regulation as GPS tracking reveals how people’s behaviour affects the lives of some of the world’s largest birds
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
*How* we electrify the planet has massive implications for birds: "Globally, 18% of species facing threat of extinction are negatively affected by utilities and service lines (mainly electrocution), while 11% are negatively affected by wind facilities" 🌏 #birds
Psychological trauma and moral injury in journalists covering conflicting situations - interesting piece by @theviifoundation.bsky.social
dispatchesviifoundation.substack.com/p/moral-inju... #photojournalism
dispatchesviifoundation.substack.com/p/moral-inju... #photojournalism
Moral Injury and Lessons Learned From Covering Conflict: The Case of “The Stringer”
Anthony Feinstein
dispatchesviifoundation.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Psychological trauma and moral injury in journalists covering conflicting situations - interesting piece by @theviifoundation.bsky.social
dispatchesviifoundation.substack.com/p/moral-inju... #photojournalism
dispatchesviifoundation.substack.com/p/moral-inju... #photojournalism
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Beautiful and incredible scenes from the centre of the Netherlands, a country with 1.5 times the density of people in the UK. A pack of 11 wolves roaming through the snow!
January 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Beautiful and incredible scenes from the centre of the Netherlands, a country with 1.5 times the density of people in the UK. A pack of 11 wolves roaming through the snow!
"When there's more carbon available, plants ... grow bigger and faster." Spoiler: that make things worse.
How industrial agriculture and carbon emissions are depleting plants farmed and wild from their nutrients: www.lukasguides.com/empty-calori...
How industrial agriculture and carbon emissions are depleting plants farmed and wild from their nutrients: www.lukasguides.com/empty-calori...
Empty Calories
Red flags from the green desert
www.lukasguides.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM
"When there's more carbon available, plants ... grow bigger and faster." Spoiler: that make things worse.
How industrial agriculture and carbon emissions are depleting plants farmed and wild from their nutrients: www.lukasguides.com/empty-calori...
How industrial agriculture and carbon emissions are depleting plants farmed and wild from their nutrients: www.lukasguides.com/empty-calori...
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😱 The EU plans to remove renewal deadlines for most pesticides. That means companies wouldn’t have to test for new risks & toxic pesticides could stay on the market indefinitely.
📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
December 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
😱 The EU plans to remove renewal deadlines for most pesticides. That means companies wouldn’t have to test for new risks & toxic pesticides could stay on the market indefinitely.
📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
"The endlings are creatures upon whose shrugging shoulders we have thrust a kind of nobility. In naming them ... we have made them ambassadors of not only their own species but of all species whose numbers we deplete to the edge of existence and beyond."
To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species, which falls on 30 November each year, I am republishing something I wrote a few years ago.🧪🌏
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
Unhappy endlings
What tales of the last days of extinct and dying species can bring to our own story
thenaturebeat.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The endlings are creatures upon whose shrugging shoulders we have thrust a kind of nobility. In naming them ... we have made them ambassadors of not only their own species but of all species whose numbers we deplete to the edge of existence and beyond."
Following a 2018 ban on neonicotinoids ('bee-killers'), bird populations now start to recover in France.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes just 2 years after a study confirmed that pesticides and fertilizer are the biggest driver behind the spectacular decline of #birds in Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes just 2 years after a study confirmed that pesticides and fertilizer are the biggest driver behind the spectacular decline of #birds in Europe.
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Following a 2018 ban on neonicotinoids ('bee-killers'), bird populations now start to recover in France.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes just 2 years after a study confirmed that pesticides and fertilizer are the biggest driver behind the spectacular decline of #birds in Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes just 2 years after a study confirmed that pesticides and fertilizer are the biggest driver behind the spectacular decline of #birds in Europe.
"it seems curious to bemoan the loss of so many bird species ... when the number of chickens slaughtered each year outnumbers all of the wild birds on this planet."
The United States has a national holiday to blame for the more than 200 million turkey deaths each year.... https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot • The Revelator
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates?
therevelator.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"it seems curious to bemoan the loss of so many bird species ... when the number of chickens slaughtered each year outnumbers all of the wild birds on this planet."
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 🙏🌏