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Omair Ahmad The current protests by Indian farmers against the passage of three laws have deep roots in income insecurity, which is driven by changing rainfall patterns and incentives that promote the overuse of water The protests by Indian farmers against three laws initially passed as ordinan

Cities , Climate , Health , Human Rights , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 01/07/2021

Safe water costs 40 times more in coastal Bangladesh than cities

Riyan Talha Water is everywhere in coastal Bangladesh, but is increasingly undrinkable as sea level rise caused by climate change is turning water sources saline Twice a week, 50-year-old Brajasundari loads a collection of jerrycans onto a pedal cart, climbs aboard and travels three kilometres from

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , Data & Reports , Disasters , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 12/18/2020

South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030

Soumya Sarkar Unless South Asian countries start working quickly, and in cooperation, they could soon be flooded by tens of millions of climate migrants. Tens of millions of people are migrating or are being displaced in South Asia due to disasters brought on by climate change, and the number could

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Labour , Sustainable Development / 10/24/2020

Medicinal plants disappearing in Jammu and Kashmir

Mudassir Kuloo The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but illegal trade and climate change are pushing species to extinction In one month, Mohammad Adil, a research scholar studying the reproductive biology of medicinal plants, made two journeys to Afarwat,

Aid , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/21/2020

Tajikistan’s desperate thirst for clean drinking water

Firuza Karimova Many schemes launched, but only 62% have access to clean water “Stocking up on water is our responsibility, as men here work, and water is the most important thing for us throughout the day for our chores,” says Oisha Samariddinova, a resident of Tajikistan’s southern and most

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Water / 05/26/2020

After Cyclone Amphan, broken houses and rotting fish

Joydeep Gupta Residents of the Sundarbans wonder why they are rebuilding, when their lands have been encroached for years by the seas, and their huts that will fall down in the next cyclone “What is the point in rebuilding our house,” asks Santanu Haldar, “when we know it will be torn down in

Biodiversity , Disasters , Health , Sustainable Development / 05/18/2020

Pandemic for pigs hits northeast India

Farhana Ahmed African Swine Flu, highly contagious, with no vaccine, no cure, and has decimated pig populations in East and Southeast Asia has reached India’s northeast, possibly through carcasses floating down from China Mukti Doley and his three friends covered their faces as they rowed next to

Biodiversity , Disasters , Economy , Environment , Food , Sustainable Development / 05/08/2020

Locust attack threatens food security in Pakistan, South Asia

Muhammad Akbar Notezai; Atika Rehman As FAO warns of major blow to food supply, farmers say locusts are already gobbling up their crops and swarms gather to sweep across the region In south western Balochistan, one of the remotest parts of Pakistan, desert locusts are busy eating crops. According to

Aid , COVID-19 , Health , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/30/2020

Pandemic effect – can we save the SDG on water and sanitation?

Ashok Swain The Covid-19 pandemic could be the spur needed to aggressively pursue the Sustainable Development Goals, especially on water and sanitation, but it is unlikely to happen without significant assistance to developing countries The Covid-19 pandemic is not only an unprecedented worldwide pu

Business , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Water / 12/26/2019

Indian government looks to acquire land in Kashmir

India’s central government identified 15,000 acres in Kashmir – mostly next to rivers, streams and wetlands – for investors from outside the region Following New Delhi’s decision to scrap the semi-autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019 and its subsequent conversio

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