Thoughts on wilderness, forest integrity, and conservation

I had never considered the term ‘wilderness’ to be much of a problem a couple of years ago, before started my PhD in 2019. Despite growing up in Singapore, a place that probably everyone would acknowledge/agree to not have anywhere that might be considered a “wilderness”, the idea of going “outdoors into the wild” was/is …

Being “stranded” in “remote” areas

It's been 6 days since it started raining around the Annapurna Circuit Trek (all around Nepal really, but we're currently along the road where the circuit trek starts, having spent about a week in Manang, then a few days in Bhratang where there's climbing). Once it started on Tuesday evening (4th Oct), the rain was …