Asian Geographic2017

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environMent

72 Unfinished Business
With an estimated 100 million sharks
slaughtered every year, we take a look at
how countries’ practices and policies are
impacting the shark fin trade in Asia
BY HASTINGS FORMAN

care

84 Sowing Peace

Seeds of Peace educates and

inspires youth from around the

world to transform conflict –

sowing unlikely friendships in

the midst of political turmoil

BY CHRISTINE HOGG, MAGGIE SVOBODA

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76 Unlikely Heroes

Landmines have left thousands of

Cambodians dead or without limbs,

but thanks to a task force of trained

rats, these killer mines are being

sniffed out, and removed

BY AARON “BERTIE” GEKOSKI

politics issue

on the cover

A portrait of renowned

dissident Ai Weiwei, who

is featured in this issue’s

story on political artists

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erratuM

In our previous issue (Asian Geographic Expeditions Issue 125,

2017), a label for “Turkey” was accidentally placed above Xi’an in

China in an infographic map on page 75. We apologise for this error.

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