World Bank's Pakistan flood-control plan faulty

World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan

Treeless forest

How shrimp cultivation turned a mangrove forest into a saline desert

Counting the cost

Is Span motel's punishment commensurate with its crime? Experts wonder...

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News 360° - Briefs

News 360-Brief

2022 too short, too far: How did the economy fare last year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

UN climate talks: little progress in first week

No consensus on Green Climate Fund, loss and damage arising from climate change impacts

DANGER zone

If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat

SLOW PROGRESS

Six-nation deal ends North Korea's nuclear programme

South Asia

WFP cuts ration to Mozambique

North Korea shuts nuclear plant for fuel aid

Winter deaths in Afghanistan cross 800

Drought in Somalia makes civil war worse

Afghanistan seeks aid in the name of poppy

Resource mobilisation can help Africa be self-sufficient

African Development Forum discusses ways to reduce dependence on foreign donors

Care turns down US $46 million food aid

China's investment in Africa suspected

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South Asia

Pune gets grant to clear the air innovatively

South Asia

EU resumes aid payments to a more democratic Guinea