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Darjeeling tea goes organic

Growers of the world’s most expensive tea are going organic due to pressure from international buyers and a need to preserve the soil

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People row over their former village of Kbal Romeas, Sangeetha Amarthalingam Article
hydropower

Cambodians struggle to retain their identity after being displaced by dam

Fire on April 17, 2021 at SS Power One coal plant at Banshkhali, Chittagong, Mohammad Abul Kalam Article
Belt and Road

State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh

CPEC coal power plant Sahiwal, Punjab, Xinhua / Alamy Article
finance

Europe and the US keep investing in Chinese coal

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water cooperation

Interview: Pou Sothirak on protecting the Mekong and powering Cambodia

Flood water drains towards Hassanabad village, Tariq Jamil Article
floods

Threat of receding glaciers gives Pakistan communities sleepless nights

Houses submerged , Kosi river flood , Koshi , Purnea , Purnia district , Bihar , India , Asia Article
agriculture

Bihar farmers protest flood embankments to protect livelihoods

Sanjeevani Mishra Article
research

What do young people in India think of palm oil?

Mongolia Russia Lake Blue Horse Photo Story
biodiversity

A wetland refuge on the Russia-Mongolia border

boat crosses the Salween River from Myanmar to Thailand Article
hydropower

China’s Salween plans in limbo in post-coup Myanmar

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development

Analysis: Mongolia plans ruinous water infrastructure glut

Two fishermen on the Brahmaputra, a river that winds through four countries [image by: Sumit Vij] Article
reports

India’s inland waterways programme a tale of unkept promises

Himalayan Monal, the national bird of Nepal and state bird of Uttarakhand, emblematic of the biodiversity of the Hindu Kush Himalayas Opinion
biodiversity

Opinion: Taking stock of biodiversity protection in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

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  1. Rohingya refugees live in fear of cyclones on Bangladesh island
  2. Analysis: Mongolia plans ruinous water infrastructure glut
  3. Politics can make or break the rollout of clean toilets in Nepal
  4. Diving ban not enough to save Pakistan’s coral paradise
  5. Opinion: A BRI alternative must contend with past mistakes
  6. Latest Covid-19 wave engulfs unprepared Himalayas
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

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Sahiwal power plant Pakistan China Opinion
Belt and Road

Opinion: A BRI alternative must contend with past mistakes

A response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative has to contend with a history of authoritarian, carbon-heavy development that both China and its opponents have pursued
Mirlan Piridin, 26, stands in front of the destroyed house where he lived with his parents, in the border village Ak-Sai, Batken region, Kyrgyzstan. Hours before the house was destroyed by an artillery shell, the family managed to evacuate (Image: The Third Pole) Article
water disputes

What drove the worst Kyrgyz-Tajik conflict in years?

Last month, violence erupted at the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. It was prompted by a dispute over water, but experts say multiple factors were behind the shocking escalation
The Red River in the city of Lao Cai in Vietnam, Linh Pham Article
regional cooperation

China hydropower puts pressure on Red River communities

Flooding and biodiversity among concerns for people in Vietnam below the cascade of Red River dams
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?

Water scarcity, Covid-19 and recovery of tiger populations are proposed factors behind the deaths of 10 people in tiger attacks in Nepal's largest national park in the last nine months
Video

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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Tea plucker at Makaibari tea estate (image: Gurvinder Singh)
agriculture

Darjeeling tea goes organic

Ranjita Pegu, a farmer in Assam, India, Varsha Torgalkar
adaptation

New varieties of rice help farmers in flood-prone Assam

An aged man carries drinking water bottles to his home; which were provided by the relief team during flood on 7th July 7, 2016 at Anil Nagar, Guwahati [image: Vikramjit Kakati India/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News]
floods

Guwahati gets an experimental flood warning system

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