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The life of a researcher studying springs in the Himalayas

Roshan Rathod, research consultant at the International Water Management Institute, explains the struggles and importance of field research in the Himalayas

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feeding rainbow trout hatchery, Mehmet Kalkan Article
Water Pollution

Sustainable practices critical as Pakistan farmers switch to fish

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agriculture

The south Indian farmers turning from oil palm to coconut

Covid-19, mother and child, India Article
Covid-19

Air pollution adds to India’s pandemic pain

A tiger walks past a village outside Bardia National Park, Nepal, in March 2020 Article
endangered species

Why have tiger attacks spiked in Nepal's Bardia National Park?

Farmer Som Boo sprays insecticide on his rice field in Reang Kesei, located in Cambodia's western Battambang province February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA) Article
agriculture

Cambodian farmers can no longer rely on the Tonle Sap lake

Amur falcons India Article
conservation

Communities protect Amur falcons in India despite pandemic hardships

Indian father riding on at electric three wheeler with his child [image: Suman Kumar / Alamy] Article
transport

Electric two- and three-wheelers are everywhere in India

Women plant rice in a field outside Lahore, Pakistan, Caren Firouz Article
agriculture

As Pakistan bans water-guzzling rice, one farmer has an alternative

Opinion
Covid-19

Opinion: Pandemic reveals a world unprepared for climate crisis

Picture of Dr Arbor Gafurov Article
interview

What hydrology can tell us about climate change in Central Asia

Farmers clean cucumbers in the Kamala river, Nabin Baral Photo Story
adaptation

Farmers till the sands of the Kamala river in Nepal

US president Joe Biden at the Leaders Summit on Climate Article
climate talks

Hope and trepidation in Asia post-Biden climate summit

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  1. Opinion: Pandemic reveals a world unprepared for climate crisis
  2. Communities protect Amur falcons in India despite pandemic hardships
  3. As Pakistan bans water-guzzling rice, one farmer has an alternative
  4. Cambodian farmers can no longer rely on the Tonle Sap lake
  5. Farmers till the sands of the Kamala river in Nepal
  6. What hydrology can tell us about climate change in Central Asia
Farmers clean cucumbers in the Kamala river before taking them to sell at the local market (Image: Nabin Baral / The Third Pole)
Farmers clean cucumbers in the Kamala river before taking them to sell at the local market (Image: Nabin Baral / The Third Pole)
Photo story

Farmers till the sands of the Kamala river in Nepal

In recent years cultivation has sprung up along a 35-kilometre stretch of the Kamala river, bringing both opportunities and problems

Highlights

Pidadamaha, Odisha, India, Prafulla Samantra Article
land rights

Plantations over people: India’s Covid-19 recovery plan for indigenous groups

A rush to approve forest clearances during the Covid-19 lockdown prompted a compensatory tree-planting drive, but the scheme is further marginalising indigenous people
Clifton Urban Forest, Karachi, Pakistan, Manoj Genani Article
forests

Will urban forests in Pakistan have a lasting environmental impact?

Urban forest projects are using the ‘Miyawaki method’, a technique to achieve dense and quick plant growth in Pakistan’s cities. Can they bring all the benefits their backers claim?
Barisal coal power plant is being built in Taltoli, Bargunda, Bangladesh, Md Sajjad Hossain Tuhin Article
energy

China builds coal power plant in Bangladesh despite protests

Local people evicted and livelihoods at risk in Barguna district, as civil society group warns plant will damage important hilsa fish populations
Vladimir Putin and Shavkat Mirziyoyev launch the construction of the nuclear power plant Article
energy

Analysis: Does Uzbekistan really need a nuclear power plant?

Uzbekistan’s planned nuclear reactors raise serious concerns about critical wetland sites, safety, financing and transboundary relations
Video

Webinar: Rivers of Plastic

To coincide with World Water Day 2021 on March 22, The Third Pole gathered a panel of regional experts to discuss the problem of plastic pollution in Asia’s rivers

Editorial Series

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food security

Honeybee colonies prove win-win for Assam farmers, beekeepers

Oil well explosion Assam cartoon
biodiversity

A cartoonist captures the biodiversity of Assam

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nature-based solutions

Locals use nature-based solution to tame river in Bangladesh

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