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Soumya Sarkar, Juhi Chaudhary & Sapna Gopal Allocations for renewable energy and environment in India’s federal budget have left both the clean energy sector and conservationists unhappy As the Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rose in Parliament to present the last full budget of the prese

Cities , Environment , Health , Sustainable Development , Transport / 01/17/2018

Dhaka chokes on air pollution

Kamran Reza Chowdhury A multitude of factors are contributing to increasingly polluted air in Bangladesh, but so far not much is being done about it. Bangladesh’s national environment agency has rung an alarm bell over air quality in Dhaka, deeming it “extremely unhealthy” as the dry season be

Environment , Governance , Sustainable Development , Transport / 12/16/2017

Bhutan’s Shingkhar-Gorgan highway: development versus environment?

Chencho Dema and Peky Samal A proposed highway that would run through one of Bhutan’s key national parks to one of the least developed areas, epitomises the difficult balance between development and the environment The saga of the 55-kilometre Shingkhar-Gorgan highway began eight years during Bhut

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Soil , Water / 11/22/2017

As the Chitra turns saline, mangroves appear

Kamran Reza Chowdhury Salinisation of freshwater near Sundarbans leading to mangrove forests and spelling the end of an ecosystem that was heavy with sweet water vegetation and fish Environmentalists have consistently warned that climate change would adversely affect the world’s largest mangrove

Energy , Sustainable Development / 10/22/2017

Running on biogas in Bangladesh

Abu Siddique The Bangladesh government is providing subsidies to set up 44,000 biogas plants through the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), which provides clean energy to around 200,000 people. Cooking with wood burners is common in Bangladesh’s rural villages, but the norm has be

Disasters , Governance , Health , Water / 08/30/2017

Bangladesh eliminates post-flood disease deaths

Kamran Reza Chowdhury Despite massive flooding Bangladesh has seen very few disease related deaths, as having learnt from previous disasters the country has focussed on health There are still no cholera, no diarrhoea, no epidemic, and no outbreak during floods in any parts of the country. The mid-Au

Data & Reports , Sustainable Development , Water / 07/28/2017

Revealed: 91% of Karachi’s water unfit to drink

Zofeen T. Ebrahim Faced with leaky pipes, faulty treatment plants and illegal tapping, the government of Sindh is struggling to provide clean and safe water to Karachi’s galloping population In January, Mohammad Riaz, a chauffeur and father of five who lives in one of Karachi’s squatter colonies

Energy , Sustainable Development / 03/24/2017

Solar for work in Bangladesh

Abu Siddique The government is providing solar power systems as welfare payment in job schemes for the poor For nearly two years now, Bangladesh has been providing solar home systems as part of its welfare programmes targeted at the 40 million citizens who still live below the poverty line. Banglade

Climate , Data & Reports , Water / 03/10/2017

Climate change drives up river salinity in Bangladesh

Susmita Dasgupta Already facing increasing river salinity due to climate change, parts of coastal Bangladesh could become zones of poverty with limited freshwater available in rivers It has been established by now that coastal Bangladesh is being seriously affected by climate change. It is now imper

Biodiversity , Environment / 02/02/2017

Tibetan Mastiffs: Abandoned and dangerous

Wang Yan Urbanization and uncontrolled breeding of mastiffs have resulted in a surge of stray dogs in parts of Tibetan plateau, posing a growing threat to local people and the environment Zhang Lizhi loves dogs. But her encounter with two of them in Yushu, in the northwestern province of Qinghai on

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