Mining and overexploitation are damaging Afghanistan’s highland pastures and driving ethnic conflict between nomads and farmers

Scientists say climate change will have grave impact on Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, a region already battling pollution, salinity and flooding

Involve the private sector fully in the development process, urges a former US ambassador to the Asian Development Bank

Illegal trade in Pakistan for fur described as ‘king of wools’ is decimating tiny remaining population

Failure to tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions will lead to dangerous climate change, says leaked UN report

New satellite techniques reveal rapid glacier melt on the Tibetan plateau is causing lakes to overflow and flood pastures

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

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

Scientists and environmentalists are raising serious safety concerns about a nuclear power plant being built by the Chinese near Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city

Scientists discover new sources of freshwater under the sea that could last thirsty megacities like Shanghai for thousands of years