Gaia Discovery

05/10/2025

Thank you Dr. Jane Goodall for being a living inspiration to me and countless number of people around the world! I am truly honored to have met you personally in Singapore on an article interview for Gaia Discovery, which I've written and shared here.

Dr. Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, was a remarkable example of courage and conviction, working tirelessly throughout her life to raise awareness about threats to wildlife, promote conservation, and inspire a more harmonious, sustainable relationship between people, animals and the natural world. I hear that she passed away in her sleep on 1 Oct, aged 91.

She has sown seeds of conservation in many of us, which will continue to grow in her legacy. RIP Dr Goodall.

https://www.gaiadiscovery.com/latest-people/jane-goodall-act-to-conserve-prevent-climate-change

18/03/2024

Readers and writers, heads up, this short story panel will be packed with useful insights on short story writing. Plus, it is also a book launch--Forty South Short Story Anthology. I'll be in conversation with the finalists and winner of the anthology story writers. Happening this Sat at Hadley's Orient Hotel, Hobart, 3.45-4.45 pm. See you there?

Forty South presents public interest journalism that explores the wilderness and wildlife, economy, industry, culture, epicure, history and people of Tasmania.

15/03/2024

On Sat 23 March, I'll be part of the Tasmania Reads Week (jointly organised by TasWriters the Tasmanian Writers Centre and Libraries Tasmania). I'll be talking about my books at noon. Probably talk about adaptation of stories with complex issues for different audiences. Then, at 3.45pm, I'll be in conversation with the winning writers of Forty South Short Story Anthology 2023. I was one of the three judges (the other two were Amanda Lohrey and Rayne Allinson) of the 200++ submissions to Forty South's annual anthology, so I'm thrilled to be given the opportunity to talk about short story writing with these writers from other parts of Australia.

Join me there, and here's the full program. My talk at noon is free and the short story panel is $15. Get tics today for both, and see you the following Saturday (23 March) at Hadley's Orient Hotel, Hobart. Pradyumna Kiran Cameron Hindrum Kim Nielsen-Creeley Marilyn Arnold Penelope Layland Esther Ottaway, Poet Yvonne Gluyas Mallika The Writer Forty South Tasmania

Encouraging, supporting and promoting Tasmanian writers and stories. Welcome to TasWriters, where writers connect for the latest information on Tasmania’s literary scene, get updates on events and find support. We are here to help, whatever your query. TasWriters: Supports, develops and promotes T...

25/12/2023

Season's greetings everyone! Wishing you healthy, happy and love-filled moments.

26/01/2023

Iceberg roughly the size of London breaks off in Antarctica. But the reasons behind that may not be what you think. Understand the science.

Scientists in Antarctica first discovered significant cracks in the Brunt Ice Shelf a decade ago, but in the last two years there have been two major breaks.

23/12/2022

You're a STAR...
for having persevered through hardships;
for protecting yourself and loved ones from the pandemic;
for putting in extra effort to make the world a better place.

Season holiday greetings, everyone, from Gaia Discovery team. Have a wonderful year ahead! See you in 2023.

07/11/2022

COP27 is also taking place against the backdrop of inadequate ambition to curb greenhouse gas emissions. According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, CO2 emissions need to be cut 45% by 2030, compared to 2010 levels to meet the central Paris Agreement goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. This is crucial to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, including more frequent and severe droughts, heatwaves and rainfall.

What should our response be to limit the temperature rise?

“With the Paris Rulebook essentially concluded thanks to COP26 in Glasgow last year, the litmus test of this and every future COP is how far deliberations are accompanied by action. Everybody, every single day, everywhere in the world, needs to do everything they possibly can to avert the climate crisis,” said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. “COP27 sets out a new direction for a new era of implementation: where outcomes from the formal and informal process truly begin to come together to drive greater climate progress — and accountability for that progress,” Mr. Stiell said.

In his opening address, the UN Climate Change Executive Secretary asked governments to focus on three critical areas at COP27. The first is a transformational shift to implementation of the Paris Agreement and putting negotiations into concrete actions.

The second is cementing progress on the critical workstreams of mitigation, adaptation, finance and loss and damage, while stepping up finance notably to tackle the impacts of climate change.

The third is enhancing the delivery of the principles of transparency and accountability throughout the UN Climate Change process.

Full media release can be read from this link.

https://unfccc.int/news/cop27-in-sharm-el-sheikh-to-focus-on-delivering-on-the-promises-of-paris

06/10/2022

We are excited to be part of Tasmania's Ocean Youth conservation program. Mallika Naguran, founder of Gaia Discovery, will conduct a digital storytelling workshop in Launceston for youths tomorrow, giving them the skills to be environmental reporters and film makers. Ocean Youth

16/09/2022

Singapore Design Week : N*thing is Possible begins today with a focus on waste solutions. Three month long exhibition and activities. Presenting their perspective to waste are the creators of the world-famous Desa Potato Head creative and sustainable village, Potato Head. Tomorrow, styrofoam recycling workshop by award-winning industrial designer, Andreu Carulla.

This year’s design festival celebrates waste solution. Singapore Design Week takes place at the National Design Centre, from 16 September to 25 December 2022. Presenting their perspective to waste are the creators of the world-famous Desa Potato Head creative and sustainable village, Potato He

13/09/2022

New award launched by Asian Ecotourism Network. Destination, accommodation, communities, why not share your best practices to gain recognition and marketing support?

http://ow.ly/5q7c50KHCz0

19/08/2022

From the editor of Gaia Discovery: In this Now Boarding travel podcast hosted by Payal Nayar, I shared why I founded Gaia Discovery in 2008, how ecotourism carves strategic changes for the better: for people, their livelihoods and the environment. In particular, I highlighted Malaysian (Borneo Eco Tours) and Indonesian examples (Misool ) where conservation of wildlife is being boosted through ecotourism. And let's not get confused between nature tourism and ecotourism! Shared too what Asian Ecotourism Network (AEN)Network is doing for the industry, especially with the creation of ecotourism accommodation standards for benchmarking. Put on your headphones and click the link below! (On Google Podcast, Apple Podcast and Spotify.)

‎Show Now Boarding By Melting Pot, Ep How to be a Conscious Traveler with Mallika Naguran - Aug 15, 2022

18/08/2022

How to be a conscious traveller? Mallika Naguran, editor of Gaia Discovery shares her views on what motivates people to lean towards ecotourism, and to do the right thing. Listen to the Now Boarding Podcast

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