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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

Woman mason rebuilds life after devastation of Cyclone Phailin

Subhashree Sahoo Stepping into the exclusive male preserve of masonry, Damayanti Patra of rural Ganjam has shown exemplary determination to overcome personal tragedy and natural disaster to secure a sustainable vocation. Damayanti Patra stands out at a construction site. She is a mason, and it is no

2017: the year in extreme weather

Andrew King Overall 2017 will be the warmest non-El Niño year on record globally, and over the past 12 months we have seen plenty of extreme weather, both here in Australia and across the world. Here I’ll round up some of this year’s wild weather, and look forward to 2018 to see what’s around

Disasters , Governance , Human Rights / 12/28/2017
Shocking scale of attack on children around the world: UNICEF

No safe places left for children as they are targeted in their homes, schools and playgrounds, and 2017 was a bad one Children in conflict zones around the world have come under attack at a shocking scale throughout the year, UNICEF warned today, with parties to conflicts blatantly disregarding inte

China under intense pressure to relax waste ban

Catherine Early Imports of foreign plastic could fall by as much as 80% next year, Catherine Early reports Some are stockpiling it, some are sending it to landfill, some are finding other countries to take it. Scrap plastics, paper and other materials are piling up at scrapyards and ports after th

Small hydropower plants damaging Balkan landscapes

Eight hydropower projects in Albania, Croatia and Macedonia financed with European public money have damaged biodiversity and are in urgent need of increased monitoring and restoration measures, says a study by CEE Bankwatch Network. See the full the study and available languages  The hydropower p

Cities need to invest in living infrastructures to be climate resilient

It is being increasingly admitted that cities need to have living infrastructure in order to be able to deliver social, environmental and economic services to their inhabitants. COP 23, the UN Climate Change Conference at Bonn, held during 6th to 17th November this year, brought together over 16,000

Illegal Sand Mining 2017: Indian Rivers Continue To Loose Mindless Mining Battle

Bhim Singh Rawat This article extensively captures the incidences and media stories on illegal sand mining from rivers in India during the year 2017. This article originally appeared at SANDRP and can be accessed here. It has been republished with permission.  Undoubtedly sand is essential part of

Liberian Loggers Secret Tax Breaks wipes US$ 13 Million off Country’s Finances

The Liberian government has secretly given the country’s loggers a US$13 million tax break, subsidising companies at the expense of the country and forest communities. International NGOs Global Witness and Tropenbos International say the move has undone 15 years of reform. Signed by Liberia’s Pr

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

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