Private desires, public fears

Asian Development Bank’s new plan insists on the private sector answer to water woes

Catching rainwater

RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLY: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION·John Gould and Erik Nissen-Petersen· …

River restoration is not just an ecological act

Despite decades of restoration efforts by a rich ensemble of state-development actors, cultural heritage votaries and rights activists, the …

ASEAN and partners sign Cebu declaration on energy security

International outcry over Zimbabwe’s plan to export elephant calves

Conservationists denounce the Robert Mugabe government’s capture of dozens of calves and plans to export them to China or the UAE

War’s toll on women: UN Women report sheds light on Gaza’s water, sanitation and hygiene crisis

Over a million women and girls lack basic necessities like safe drinking water, functioning toilets and sanitary pads

Powerful winds of change: Supportive policy, better tech help sector globally

As offshore wind energy is based on expensive technology, pilot projects need support

Ukraine war: What we know about Nova Kakhovka dam and who gains from its destruction

A major dam in Russia-occupied southern Ukraine suffered a collapse June 6, 2023 

WHO issues its first hepatitis B treatment guidelines

New guidelines give treatment recommendations that rely on simple and inexpensive tests

Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive? The disaster in Java is a devastating example

The disaster should serve as a wake-up call to improve building practices in Indonesia

Revived to be killed

Sri Lanka’s Lunawa lake returns to its polluted state after a momentary sparkle

309,000 infants die on first day

India tops global list of first day deaths of infants; chronic malnourishment blamed

Pricing the precious

A pricing mechanism and harvesting techniques will solve water crisis

Hungry for research

Child starvation could increase unless research is improved

Plastic conundrum

Go-ahead for Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement

Green light for Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement

FAO report blames developing nations for deforestation

Pak army factory pollutes stream, kills livestock

ADB averse to sharing information

Governments should give information, says bank

Monsoon maps on trees

Growth rings allow for future prediction of drought  

Everything that happened at CMS COP14

New initiatives to address threats of zoonotic diseases, protecting natural areas for migratory species introduced at summit

‘See Afghans as brothers and sisters with whom we have ties since Mahabharata, not some distant aliens’

The second and final part of DTE’s interview with former ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, where he discusses the situation in Afghanistan, …

Somewhere over the rainbow… climate impact is visible

India, 5 African countries may see a lot more rainbow days due to increased precipitation, finds study  

We have produced a new guide to decolonise language in conservation

We at Survival want to make people stop and think about why we use the words we do when writing or talking about environmental issues

Is time ticking for coal

Business-as-usual will not work to combat climate crisis. Difficult targets must be set to reduce carbon emissions