We find several connections of sound to the environment: Radha Kapuria
Down To Earth speaks to Durham University academic and author about the influence of the environment on music, visual and the performing arts
What ails climate-smart agriculture in South Asia? Limited state resources & incentives, unequal tech dissemination
By 2050, South Asia will be one of the largest food-deficit regions & requires substantial increase in production to meet growing food demand
Climate impact: Water storage projected to decrease across wetter lands around Caspian, Mediterranean seas
Water storage may see increase in West Asia and North Africa; solar geoengineering method worsens conditions, finds study
A dedicated snow leopard cell was long-pending: Koustubh Sharma
Down To Earth speaks to snow leopard expert Koustubh Sharma on the findings of the latest government report on the enigmatic cat
Rigged or not, polls the only option for Pakistan
While there are allegations of it being fixed, as a constitutional exercise it is preferable compared to the alternative which is martial law
Study links climate change with wheat blast; warns crop yield could drop by 75% in South America, Africa by 2050
Wheat blast-prone locations could increase due to climate impact; global wheat production could drop by 13%
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
Asia-Pacific region 32 years behind 2030 target on achieving SDGs: UNESCAP
None of SDGs can be achieved by 2030; all targets under climate action goal (SDG 13) off-track, some even regressing
Everything that happened at CMS COP14
New initiatives to address threats of zoonotic diseases, protecting natural areas for migratory species introduced at summit
What does Sustainable Development mean in an unequal world?
Reflections from the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
Snow Leopard: Enigmatic big cat of High Asia now National Symbol of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz president Sadyr Zhaparov signed decree on December 30, asking his Cabinet to safeguard the species and promote it
New study shows over a third of protected areas in Asia are severely at risk of losing tigers
Southeast Asia more likely to lose tigers than South or East Asia, it says
Most in Asia-Pacific already in cities; expect 3.5 bln by 2015
Urban boom will be despite declines in Japan, China, Korea
Blame Stamford Raffles: How the British ended the Malayan tiger’s reign over Singapore
Island has lost 37% of its biodiversity in the 200 years since it was first colonised, says new study; this includes the Malayan tiger
Quarter of global population faces extremely high water stress each year
West Asia and North Africa most water-stressed
Nepal’s tigers triple: India had and will continue to have a role to play, say experts
Nepal now has 355 tigers, compared to 235 in 2018
Indian scientists receive international award on behalf of snow leopard conservation alliance
There may be as few as 4,000 and no more than 6,300 snow leopards left in the wild
Half of the world’s hungry people live in Asia-Pacific; Southern Asia worst affected: FAO
Higher food, feed, and fuel prices, combined with a slow recovery from COVID-19 pandemic to blame; women fared worse in food insecurity
South, Southeast Asia have most of world’s underweight youth: IFAD
Number of those overweight also increasing; more underweights in rural areas
Book Excerpt: Forgotten Foods: Memories and Recipes from Muslim South Asia
In Forgotten Foods, historians, literary scholars, plant scientists, heritage practitioners, writers and chefs come together to document …
The Caspian Sea is set to fall by 9 metres or more this century – an ecocide is imminent
Climate change is causing the sea to recede, leaving barren land in its wake