The site of the first large dam on the Yellow River has been transformed into a winter habitat for birds, but at a huge cost to local farmers and communities, writes Ding Xiangli

In Maharashtra – the epicentre of the drought gripping the country – farmers abandon dying crops and people struggle to find enough water to survive

Over a decade of data shows the rapid disappearance of Kashmir’s most important glacier in the western Himalayas, leaving communities downstream without water for their crops

As the public sector struggles to provide water in South Asia, a bustling start-up industry is stepping in, but these entrepreneurs need to understand the complexity of what they are addressing

Rail and road projects have divided the Rajaji National Park, one of India’s 50 tiger reserves, into two parts, with a massive impact on the tiger and elephant population

One farmer has pioneered drip irrigation to transform desert into a fruit orchard in Punjab – but at a cost few can replicate

A shift from water sharing to collective initiatives that focus on building basin-wide resilience could strengthen regional cooperation in South Asia

With examples from South Asia, this book makes a strong case for participation of all in the governance of climate adaptation projects

Himanshu Thakkar speaks to the thethirdpole.net about environmentalists and ascetics, hunger strikes, hydropower projects, and a Ganga that might be holy, but is nowhere near clean

The first global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services has held humans largely responsible for a looming mass extinction of species and has urged immediate action to avert disaster