Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women Read more »
India’s farmer suicides: the women left behind
View the Brahmaputra as a living ecosystem
The India-China border row in Ladakh has eclipsed unresolved water-sharing issues along the Brahmaptura. But for any agreement to work, it must involve the people who depend on the waters. Read more »
Why has water-rich Yunnan become a drought hotspot?
Calls by Yunnan officials to restrict water flows to other countries overlook the ecological and water quality factors behind south-west China’s drought Read more »
Pay us for our water, Kashmir tells New Delhi
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has hired an international consultant to quantify the losses suffered by the Himalayan state due to the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan Read more »
China’s geoengineering plans dismissed as “fantasy”
The authorities are increasing their cloud-seeding ambitions in response to drought, but many experts are sceptical about the benefits Read more »
Climate change confuses Kashmir’s farmers
Faced with increasing frequency of droughts, and with irrigation facilities available to less than half the farms, rice farmers in Kashmir are wondering how to deal with water shortage. Read more »
Mining tragedy casts shadow over industrialising Tibetan plateau
Expansion of mining projects in Tibet is being questioned after the latest tragedy at the Gyama copper and gold mine. Read more »