The battle over Afghanistan’s highland pastures
January 30, 2014
Mining and overexploitation are damaging Afghanistan’s highland pastures and driving ethnic conflict between nomads and farmers
January 30, 2014
Mining and overexploitation are damaging Afghanistan’s highland pastures and driving ethnic conflict between nomads and farmers
January 29, 2014
Scientists say climate change will have grave impact on Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, a region already battling pollution, salinity and flooding
January 27, 2014
Involve the private sector fully in the development process, urges a former US ambassador to the Asian Development Bank
January 21, 2014
Illegal trade in Pakistan for fur described as ‘king of wools’ is decimating tiny remaining population
January 20, 2014
Failure to tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions will lead to dangerous climate change, says leaked UN report
January 20, 2014
New satellite techniques reveal rapid glacier melt on the Tibetan plateau is causing lakes to overflow and flood pastures
January 17, 2014
Dams across the US are being decommissioned and rivers restored to their natural flow. Scientists are learning that tearing down the barriers is just the first step in returning a river to health
January 16, 2014
The Ganga dolphin, one of the most endangered aquatic mammals in the world, is under threat in the Brahmaputra from fishing, poaching and large dams being proposed on the river
January 15, 2014
Scientists and environmentalists are raising serious safety concerns about a nuclear power plant being built by the Chinese near Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city
January 13, 2014
Scientists discover new sources of freshwater under the sea that could last thirsty megacities like Shanghai for thousands of years