Illegal incense tree felling soared twelvefold in 2023 compared to the previous year. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As poaching of valuable fragrant incense trees rises in Hong Kong, scientists are turning to genetics to fight back. Geneticist Zhang Huarong uses genetics to catalogue and take DNA samples from each ...

Illegal felling of incense trees in Hong Kong has surged, driven by black market demand for agarwood, a valuable resin used in luxury products. Scientists are combating this by creating a DNA ...

Tai Po (AFP) – Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump that is one of over a dozen illegally felled for ...

Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump that is one of over a dozen illegally felled for the valuable wood ...

TAI PO, Hong Kong — Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump that is one of over a dozen illegally felled for ...

A stone's throw from the city's urban centre are forests home to trees that produce fragrant -- and valuable -- agarwood, used in a number of high-end products from incense and perfume to ...