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Centralised treatment plants and involve a lot of construction activities. Most of our cities along Ganga as well as on other rivers are having areas which are difficult to lay sewer lines, install pumping stations and build other infrastructure. Our major reliance on treatment plants therefore

Business , Energy , Environment , Governance , Sustainable Development / 04/14/2018

New Zealand puts an end to new permits for exploration of deep-sea oil and gas reserves

James Renwick The New Zealand government’s announcement that it will not issue any new permits for offshore exploration for oil and gas deposits is exciting, and a step in the right direction. We know that we can’t afford to burn much more oil if we want to meet the Paris Agreement target of kee

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 04/13/2018

Salim Group, Pepsico and Nestle connected to illegal rainforest clearance in Borneo

Major international banks and brands connected to company controlled by notorious Indonesian business tycoon, knowingly clear-cutting tropical rainforests A new report exposes one of the largest cases in recent years of ongoing, illegal clearance of tropical rainforests in Borneo. Currently, app

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 04/09/2018

Uncontacted tribes’ rights recognized in Peru’s historic land pledge

Peru is to create two Amazonian reserves for the protection of uncontacted tribes, covering more than 2.5 million hectares. At least seven distinct groups of uncontacted tribes, including Matsés Indians, are known to be living in the areas comprising the new Yavari Tapiche and Yavari Mirin reserves

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Resources , Sustainable Development / 04/01/2018

Draining peatlands leads to greenhouse laughing gas emissions, study shows

Julie Mollins Drained peatlands lead to the significant release of nitrous oxide — a greenhouse gas also known colloquially as laughing gas — leading to global warming, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. The authors of the study are urging increased conservation of fe

Biodiversity , Disasters , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Migration , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/29/2018

Barren hills bring Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis into conflict

Pinaki Roy The impact of hundreds and thousands of Rohingya refugees have been devastating to the forest cover and water availability in Cox’s Bazar, fuelling resentments with the local population A bunch of tree roots on his head, Ramzan Ali was coming back towards his polythene and bamboo hut at

Cities , Climate , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/27/2018

Informal Cities and Climate Resilience: building an inclusive approach

Informal settlements in cities of the developing world fare very poor under the ‘risk reducing’ infrastructure parameters of the IPCC. Climate change has brought in a unique and complex challenge for cities across the world. While they have to accommodate the billions of immigrants from rura

Business , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development / 03/23/2018

Sand Stories: An upcoming publication on the sand crisis

We have unwittingly built ourselves a society that is highly dependent on the consumption of sand in order to maintain a high standard of living. As a result, we now also face the potential paradox of a ‘scarce’ symbol of abundance. There is a great need to break down information barrier

Environment , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/18/2018

Why every day should be World Water Day

Carolyn Johns Most Canadians think of World Water Day as just another international event on the calendar — when water becomes newsworthy for one day in March, on the 22nd. Yet we would be hard-pressed to go without water for just a few hours, let alone one whole day. Depriving ourselves of water

Data & Reports , Disasters , Featured , Food , Sustainable Development / 03/16/2018

Disasters causing billions in agricultural losses, with drought leading the way

Asia hardest hit region, says report on the burden borne by poor farmers due to natural disasters Natural disasters are costing farmers in the developing world billions of dollars each year, with drought emerging as the most destructive in a crowded field of threats that also includes floods, forest

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