Southeast Asia is known for its biodiversity with approximately 50,000 plant species growing across the region, but climate change has put many of them endangered and Singapore wants to take its part to protect it while also marking the start of the annual Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Festival.
More than 20 years after its founding as a diversity initiative, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is working to create a permanent Washington exhibit space where visitors can learn about the contributions Americans of Asia-Pacific descent have made to their country.