Rural youth population rising in agriculturally rich areas, but …
A new, global report explains why unemployment rate among rural men and women has tripled since 2011-12
800 women still die in childbirth every day globally: Unicef report
The lowest coverage levels tend to be in the poorest countries where maternal mortality levels are highest, it says
Asia-Pacific moves slow on environment-related SDGs: Report
At this rate, the region will not achieve any of these SDGs by 2030
African lions attack humans over larger areas than Indian leopards, tigers: study
Scientists speculate that this is due to social structure differences between the cats; Lions live in prides while tigers and leopards are …
Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam
It looks as if climate change is forcing 24,000 people to leave the Mekong Delta every year
Fish stocks in Asia-Pacific to be over by 2048
Economic growth is leading to the decline of biodiversity, says a report released in Colombia
Agricultural biotechnologies necessary to defeat hunger, poverty in Asia-Pacific
The United Nations food agency is urging Asia-Pacific countries to consider both low-tech and high-tech solutions present in the biotechnology toolbox
In Yemen, seven million people on the brink of famine: FAO Director-General
About 17 million people, two-thirds of the population, are severely food insecure
Sri Lanka witnesses worst flood in 14 years; death toll reaches 100
Over 200,382 people belonging to 52,603 families were affected across 14 districts in the country
Yemen needs aid to tide over worst hunger crisis
Twenty of the country’s 22 governorates are in “emergency” or “crisis” food-insecurity phases and almost two-thirds …
Seismic activity has gone through the roof in last two months
Since December 2, 2016, there have been around 420 earthquakes of magnitude over 5 along all major continental plate boundaries
Hit by extreme winter, Mongolia stares at humanitarian crisis
Livestock deaths due to extreme cold are robbing herders of livelihood, causing mass migration to cities
China building ‘fundamentally unsafe’ nuclear reactors; marine life at risk
The lead-cooled thermal reactors can kill off their crews with radiation and their radioactive waste could spread far and wide
Crab fattening: a business opportunity through climate change adaptation
The cyclone-affected in Bangladesh have found a lucrative source of income in crab farming
"Snow leopard habitat may be lost due to climate change"
The snow leopard is facing a huge threat from climate change and a hostile human population in Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Nawaz, an authority on the …
Schools, libraries, clinics all come floating on boats
When roads in the Chalan Beel region of Bangladesh are submerged during monsoon, these boats serve as the lifeline
Saiga antelope numbers rise in Kazakhstan after mass die-off last year
Aerial census conducted by Kazakh government brings encouraging news
Childhood stunting affects future success in life, say experts
According to a study, stunting causes physical and neurocognitive damage that is irreversible in most cases
A year after the quake we look at the physical changes
While the earthquake pushed some of the country’s areas higher in elevation, Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, has decreased in …
Malaria and the wrath of God
Forest Malaria in Southeast Asia Edited by V P Sharma and A Kondrashin Price: Not stated Community Participation in Malaria Control Edited by V …
Transplanted maize taking root
Floating dump
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Year of the girl child
El Nino's little sister La Nina is all set to bring rain in abundance to Australia, Indonesia and some other parts of Asia
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