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Pet trade driving disappearance of India’s most beautiful tortoise

Despite a ban on international sales, persistent smuggling of the threatened Indian star tortoise flags gaps in global wildlife trade controls

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The Ranganadi Hydro Electric Project on the Ranganadi River in Arunachal Pradesh Opinion
hydropower

Opinion: Decision-makers in Arunachal Pradesh need to take EIAs seriously

Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s finance minister speaks during a press conference, Article
finance

India’s Union Budget: What’s in it for the energy transition?

Overhead view of two small and narrow fishing boats on a wide river on a Article
water cooperation

Lack of data on dam activity mars Mekong governance efforts

A Bengal tiger Article
conservation

Relocation of communities from Buxa Tiger Reserve stirs mistrust

Rescue operations during flooding in Maharashtra, India, in August 2019 Article
climate resilience

India’s policymakers get detailed data to help manage disasters

A climate demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand, Pongsit Nopmaneepaisan Opinion
gender

Why women’s leadership is key to climate action

Workers install solar panels on the roof of a metro station, Amlan Mathur Article
renewables

Rooftop solar: The missing piece of India’s renewable ambitions

Watershed mismanagement is leading to the poor paying the highest cost Article
water

Review: ‘Watershed’ puts inequality at the heart of India’s water crisis

A farmer in the Mekong Delta pumps water from a nearby canal to water his land, Nhìn Tấn Thuận Article
policy

Data exposes flaws in Mekong Delta resilience plans

The Vyasi Hydroelectric Project, the first stage of the Lakhwar-Vyasi project on the Yamuna River, Varsha Singh Article
hydropower

Fears of ‘devastation’ from largest dam on Yamuna River in India

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Energy transition

What is green hydrogen? Could it transform energy in South Asia?

A Bhotia shepherd shearing wool in Bagori village, Uttarakhand. Article
indigenous peoples

Shepherds in Indian Himalayas turn backs on traditional livelihood

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  1. Fears of ‘devastation’ from largest dam on Yamuna River in India
  2. What is green hydrogen? Could it transform energy in South Asia?
  3. Rooftop solar: The missing piece of India’s renewable ambitions
  4. Communities in the dark over Yuam River diversion impacts in Thailand
  5. Data exposes flaws in Mekong Delta resilience plans
  6. Shepherds in Indian Himalayas turn backs on traditional livelihood

Life in the shadow of a cement plant in Kazakhstan from The Third Pole on Vimeo.

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Life in the shadow of a cement plant in Kazakhstan

Local residents and activists say that the Gezhouba Shieli cement plant, part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is polluting the air, water and soil of a village less than a kilometre away

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A climber on the summit ridge of a peak in the Solu-Khumbu Everest region in Nepal, Image: Christian Kober Article
glaciers

What record warm winters mean for glaciers in the Everest region

A new study suggests that Himalayan glaciers may be melting even during winter, when they were previously believed to remain stable
A woman wades through a flooded village in the eastern state of Bihar, India Article
climate impacts

In Bihar, women face floods and increasing violence

As climate change increases the incidence of flooding, women in the northeast Indian state of Bihar are becoming more vulnerable to violence and trafficking
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Energy transition

Opinion: Unrest underlines need to reform Kazakhstan’s energy sector

With most energy investments still in fossil fuels, significant reform is needed to modernise the sector and meet Kazakhstan’s pledge to become net zero by 2060. The direction of Chinese investment will be key.
A man in front of the ruins of his house after the flood disaster, Kokarai, Pakistan Article
health

Climate disasters trigger mental health crisis in Pakistan’s mountains

In Gilgit-Baltistan, communities hit by climate change-induced disasters suffer depression and insomnia
Children play outside a stilt house in Nikori village, Golaghat district, Assam (Image © SEEDS / Siddharth Behl)
Children play outside a stilt house in Nikori village, Golaghat district, Assam (Image © SEEDS / Siddharth Behl)
Photo story

Stilt houses help people withstand floods in Assam

An NGO has modified traditional designs to create houses that have resisted seven floods

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The struggle to save Asia’s wildlife The struggle to save Asia’s wildlife 10 Articles
Science

New frogs and pandas: How genetics can aid conservation in the Himalayas

The team from Thanamir village on the way to set up camera traps to monitor wildlife in the community forest, Ramya Nair
conservation

Interview: Indigenous-led conservation in Nagaland preserves rare wildlife

White-bellied heron in Bhutan
endangered species

World’s rarest heron on the brink in its last Himalayan stronghold

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