Graeme Guy / Purple-backed Starling (Sturnus sturninus) feeding on berries, Kedah, Malaysia

Graeme Guy / Pink-necked Green-Pigeon (Treron vernans) male feeding on berries, Kedah, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Pond in a park in Sungai Petani town, Kedah, Malaysia, May 2006

Tim Laman / No trespassing sign at the gate to a major industrial shrimp farming complex, carved out of the mangroves. Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Tim Laman / Silvered leaf monkey {Trachypithecus / Presbytis cristatus} peering out from foraging in mangrove tree, Sungai Petani vicinity, Kedah, Malaysia.

Tim Laman / Checking the size of crabs in the crab pond by trapping them, Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Tim Laman / Industrial scale shrimp farm with aerators in operation. Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Tim Laman / Mangrove propagules sprouting while still on the tree {Rhizophora sp} Sungai Petani vicinity, Kedah, Malaysia.

Tim Laman / Aerial view of an area of mixed mangrove species and regenerating mangroves. Sungai Petani vicinity, Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Tim Laman / Rubbish washed downstream from the town of Sungai Petani, caught on mangrove branches and roots in the Petani river, Sungai Petani vicinity, Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Tim Laman / Aerial view of oil palm plantation. Sungai Petani vicinity, Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Tim Laman / Fish pond caretaker feeding and checking on status of sea bass being reared in the new pond carved out of mangrove forest near Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006