Most poor people in Asia-Pacific region live in rural areas
Countries in the region have not been able to address rural poverty despite economic growth, says an IFAD report
Yemen: Water and energy in times of war
Water production has been seriously hampered as fewer public wells are operational due to war damage, lack of maintenance and unavailability of fuel
Cambodia facing worst drought in decades
Water shortage has affected the rural areas of the country where farmers depend on rivers and ponds for irrigating their lands
Burning bright in Nepal
The economic blockade by the Madhesi community has inadvertently spruced up demand for biogas plants in Nepal
Unusually warm summers cause glacial melt in Tajikistan
Over 600 people have been displaced due to mud flows and floods caused by the glacial melt
War over water
The issue of sharing West Asia's water resources threatens to explode into another Arab-Israeli war, which will shatter the semblance of peace …
Asia countries say no to US cancer sticks
The US is pushing its tobacco industry in Asian countries, despite stringent laws against smoking in several of these countries
Life, again
A story about the return of the orangutans from the concrete jungle to the wild woods to be what they were meant and named to be -- each a man of …
Back alley schools
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La Nina is back; what does that mean for Africa, Asia
The Horn of Africa could see below average rainfall; East Africa will see drier than usual conditions
Domestic violence to rise as subcontinent heats up: Study
Each 1°C increase in the annual mean temperature associated with a mean increase in domestic violence prevalence of 4.4
China records first human death from H3N8 bird flu
China alerted WHO 24 days after the woman was hospitalised & 11 days after her death, against the mandated 24 hours
COP15 Montreal: Asia must speed up its protected area coverage 6 times to meet 30X30 goal
Conservation measures governed by local communities can help the world meet targets on protected areas, according to a new research
Managing air quality in Nepal: Pollution control fee may be key
943 crore Nepali rupees collected in fees unused, can help local govts to combat poor air quality
Fifth-hottest May again drives home reality to warming world
Even ongoing La Nina conditions couldn’t cool the weather down in several parts of the world last month
‘Severe pressure will be put on forests, ecosystems in Nusantara and the rest of Kalimantan’
Down To Earth speaks to veteran orangutan expert Birute Mary Galdikas on how the shifting of Indonesia’s capital will affect …
New guidelines on abortion care will help prevent more than 25 million unsafe abortions: WHO
WHO has released more than 50 recommendations that include clinical practice, health care delivery and law and policy interventions to support …
Tantalising wait: Will India be able to harvest its own ‘heeng’
As Himalayan farmers grow the country’s first asafoetida plants, changing weather threatens to play spoilsport
What Bhutan got right about happiness, and what other countries can learn
Bhutan has recorded an average growth in annual GDP of 7.5% since the early 1980s; poverty levels have declined from 36% in 2007 to 10% in 2019
Climate crisis may destroy aquatic food systems — and livelihoods, economies
Much of Africa, South and Southeast Asia as well as the Indo-Pacific under high to very high risk under high-emissions, no-mitigation …
Turkey should mitigate factors aiding growth of sea snot in Sea of Marmara: Expert
Manish Kumar from IIT-Gandhinagar warned that Indian waters too could experience a sea snot outbreak in the future
A good way to be kinder to elephants is to stop riding them
When animal tourism resumes in Bali after COVID-19, there is an opportunity to do better by the lives of animals
How ready is India for climate change? Not much, says this report
All south Asian countries fared poorly in the 2020 World Risk Index on strengthening their abilities to prepare and adapt to extreme events
What is Panama disease? Are bananas at risk?
The disease and conditions regarding its spread show that depending on monoculture crops is not sustainable for our food and nutritional security
Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up
Indigenous Americans have no history of open ocean voyaging. Similarly, there is no archaeological evidence of pre-Polynesian occupation on any …
