What does Sustainable Development mean in an unequal world?

Reflections from the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 

Change for the worse

Sinking and with a trace!

Marsh spews bacteria onto beach

World Bank sanctions fund to strengthen fisheries management

Project will initially support four Pacific Island countries

Legal framework can strengthen HIV response: UNDP administrator

Discriminatory policies hamper access to HIV services

El Nino-like weather conditions increased short-term malnutrition in children across tropics: Study

Nearly 6 million children were driven into hunger during 2015 El Nino

Great Pacific Garbage Patch ‘much larger’ than earlier estimated

The garbage patch is largely made up of tiny bits of plastic trapped by ocean currents

10 disturbing trends for Asia and the Pacific

The region is ageing rapidly, has the largest number of threatened species and more

Scientists project path of radiation plume from Japan's nuclear reactors

Low-pressure area to form over Andaman Sea by April 30: IMD

The low-pressure area will likely change into a depression by May 2

What is behind deadly summer heatwaves in north-central India? 

Pacific Meridional Mode may be a factor

Volcanic eruptions lower capacity to make near-term climate predictions: Study

The model that excluded volcanic eruptions got its prediction right

Loss, decay and bleaching: Why sponges may be the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for impacts of marine heatwaves

Marine sponges were earlier thought to be more resilient to ocean warming

Fatal warming

Banded morwong first bred faster, may now disappear

The great Pacific garbage patch

Logjam ban!

Logging bans fail to rectify the fundamental causes of deforestation

Beijing asks residents to leave town ahead of international economic forum

Announces week-long vacations to reduce pollution and traffic during meet

Warning Stop Tsunami Stop

Undersea telecom cables could soon help avoid such disasters

Court asks US Navy to ban use of sonar harming whales, marine life

Noise pollution in the oceans is disrupting whales’ abilities to hear and migrate

Want to eat fish tomorrow? Halt climate change, overfishing today

Stocks could drop by a third if no action taken 

Temperatures in northern Africa likely to rise between February and April despite La Nina

Eastern and southern regions of the continent may be wetter than usual  

Global Eco Watch: Pregnant Gaur killed in Kerala; 6 held

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology 

Pacific garbage patch: scientists find a way to nail ocean polluters

Five major ocean garbage patches identified

A vicious cycle exposed