Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report

Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains

UNCCD COP14: Desertification, land degradation hit poor hardest

Climate change drives migration but many can’t even move out: Report 

MDG final report highlights the success of strategic intervention

Human society has achieved several milestones on all eight goals: Report

Bird considered extinct rediscovered in Myanmar

Jerdon’s Babbler rediscovered in country after 73 years

A better option

Asian policymakers need to invest in environmental infrastructure to arrest ecodegradation

Null and void

Environmental degradation in Asia could impose an onerous burden on its people

Root causes

Factors that contribute to Asia's continuing environmental imbalances

Sullied cities

An entire gamut of environmental disturbances accost most Asian cities

Organic cotton

Bananas in danger

Chinese caves throw light on Asian monsoons

International Women’s Day 2024: How much unpaid labour do women take on in Asia-Pacific?

Meta asked Facebook users in 2021 how many hours they spent each day on unpaid domestic or care work   

UN warns surge of preventable child deaths in Gaza as malnutrition levels spike

1 in 6 children under the age of 2 is acutely malnourished

CMS COP14: Action plans for African-Eurasian migratory landbirds, other avian species adopted

India and Bangladesh submit joint proposal to list Indian skimmer under the CMS

CMS COP14: Expect listing of new species, action plans for conservation at Samarkand summit

Parties are expected to discuss draft to protect and conserve number of species and their habitats  

Hindu Kush Himalaya is a ‘biosphere on the brink’: ICIMOD

‘It is almost too late’ to stem losses in nature and habitat in the HKH region, says organisation at meeting in Kathmandu

Dam safety can no longer be ignored if we are to avoid a repeat of Himachal and South Lhonak Lake

Dam authorities have to be more transparent and vigilant; Flood plain zoning of rivers needs to be done on war footing if we are to manage floods …

India must spend 10% of its GDP to meet SDGs by 2030: Report

UNESCAP report flags concern regarding India’s rising non-performing assets, which can potentially derail the country’s efforts …

2030 Agenda: We need to champion sustainability in Asia and the Pacific despite adversities

National plans must align with the agenda for UN-mandated sustainable development goals to guide development

Himalayan plunder: 3 million Indians live in areas that can be swept by glacial lake floods, says study

Three of the world’s most dangerous glacial basins are situated in Pakistan, Peru and Bolivia

124 tigers poached every year for 18 years in Asia: Report

Most of the seizures of tiger body parts occurred in India, finds a report released by TRAFFIC

Climate change spurs rapid growth of trees in Tibet

Warmer weather is melting the permafrost of the plateau, moistening the ground and making nutrients available to plants

In Pics: New colourful, tropical sunbirds found in Indonesia

Irish zoologists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered several new species of sunbirds on the tiny Wakatobi Islands in central Indonesia

Water sharing with Bangladesh: It may still be too early to talk about Teesta river

Bangladesh PM brings up Teesta during agreement for Kushiyara river; Expert says clarity on water volume still lacking   

This World Crocodile Day, South Asian countries should think of cooperating to conserve them: Experts

South Asia’s crocodilians increased during pandemic, but human-croc conflict needs to be addressed, Anslem de Silva told DTE