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Not welcome

...says the Union government to the World Commission on dams

IN FOCUS

Urban Wilderness

A study on urban biodiversity is relevant to understand the human impact on environment

To live with the market

Healthy idea

But a poor way to bell the malnutrition cat

Wanted

An Asian measure of obesity

Failure isn't a keyword

The gardens of appropriation

Smoke-enveloped

From the blurbs

Did Hanuman inspire China’s Sun Wukong? In all probability yes, says B R Deepak

Prominent Sinologist talks to Down To Earth about the ancient connections between India and China via the Ramayana

China is financing infrastructure projects around the world – many could harm nature and Indigenous communities

China has an opportunity with the Belt and Road Initiative to improve infrastructure networks around the world in a way that is both sustainable …

Improvising power trade in South Asia can ease renewable energy access in the region

India envisions to have an interconnected power grid in the South Asian region with many participating countries

How centuries of self-isolation turned Japan into one of the most sustainable societies on Earth

The people of Edo Period Japan lived with time as it changed with the seasons, cherished materials and used the wisdom of reuse as a matter of …

Indonesia volcano eruption: Death toll rises to 34

Some 3,000 people have been displaced and 38 schools have been destroyed because of the eruption of Mt Sumeru in Indonesia

Apocalypse? Red skies over Indonesian province due to haze

Scientists have said that the colour is due to a scientific phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering

Sri Lanka Court of Appeal to intervene in UK waste trade scam

Since east Asian countries are closing the loopholes in their waste trade laws, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh seem to be the new targets

Iranian officials squabble over toll as COVID-19 sweeps West Asia

Meanwhile, Chinese federal government to increase funds to local governments even as world races to develop a vaccine

Why coal-fired power plants in Southeast Asia are facing opposition heat

Growing social and environmental opposition has delayed coal projects in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Myanmar

COVID-19: Land is key to survival of indigenous peoples in Asia

Those who are in their forest abodes, are self-sufficient; But those who have been forcibly evicted, will find it hard to survive the pandemic

The more Asians migrate to cities, the more it will help tigers, says study

Researchers from a prominent non-profit feel that Asia's increasing urbanisation and rapid demographic transition could mean that tiger range …

Lessons from Beijing to Delhi

In just four years, Beijing has improved its air quality by setting time-bound targets and implementing a comprehensive regional action plan

Facing disasters: lessons from a Bangladeshi island

To save lives, resiliency plans must understand how locals in climate-vulnerable places assess risk.

HSBC forced to safeguard Indonesia's rainforests

A probe by international non-profit Greenpeace linked Europe’s largest bank to companies destroying rainforests