Overfishing, dam construction and pollution spell ecological crisis for the Yangtze – and fish are at the heart of it, says Cao Wenxuan. Read more »
Expert calls for 10-year fishing moratorium on Yangtze River
Few fish left in anglers’ paradise
Himalayan rivers were once famous among anglers. But in Kashmir fish populations are dwindling and some species unique to the region are on the verge of extinction, experts tell Athar Parvaiz. Read more »
A briny future for Bangladesh
Increasing salt water instruction is threatening crops, biodiversity, and the health of people living in Bangladesh, according to new research. Read more »
Guwahati’s black carbon accelerates glacier melt
High levels of black carbon pollution in the north-eastern Indian city of Guwahati is responsible for accelerating glacier melt in the Himalayas, according to new research by scientists. Read more »
Soot settles over the Himalayas
Black carbon is major health risk in the Himalayas and a key source of global warming. So why aren’t policymakers doing more to combat this dangerous pollutant, asks Joydeep Gupta. Read more »
Unquiet flows the Ganga
The Ganga is India’s holiest river but also one of its dirtiest. Now 70 planned hydro projects on the river’s upper reaches have provoked yet more confrontation between environmentalists and a power-hungry India. Joydeep Gupta reports. Read more »
Pollution in paradise
The idyll of Kashmir is ill prepared for an influx of tourists, writes Athar Parvaiz from north-east India. Environmentalists fear the features that attract visitors could prove the region’s undoing. Read more »