Bangladesh has launched a 10-day flood forecasting system this monsoon, with the help of water flow data from upstream India and China. “Under the newly introduced system, we are providing flood forecasting that contains river…
A zinc-lead mine in Yunnan linked to a deposed local cadre may have caused lead poisoning in local children, according to an investigation by Greenpeace.
Its Possible Cause and Impacts 1. Introduction On Friday, 29 March 2013, Chinese state media reported that 83 miners including two Tibetans had been buried after a major landslide hit a part of the Gyama…
China recently unveiled an action plan for its controversial One Belt, One Road initiative to link its economy with the rest of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Known as the ‘new silk roads’,…
By Zamlha Tempa Gyaltsen The toxic smog engulfing Beijing and other Chinese cities has forced the Communist government to amend its development model and bring in a new environmental protection law in a bid to…
Nepal is one of the world’s most water-rich nations, with over 6,000 rivers and huge hydropower potential. But it is also one of the world’s most disaster-prone regions.
After her unborn daughter was diagnosed with a tumour, former CCTV reporter Chai Jing quit her job and self-funded a one million yuan (US$160,000) documentary on China’s smog. ‘Under the Dome’ took a year to…
Desalination is now an integral part of China’s strategy to ease its mounting water crisis, but the environmental costs could be huge, and make it more difficult for China’s government to reduce its reliance on…
India’s reservoir water storage levels are down 15% since last year, intensifying concerns over declining water availability in the country, particularly north India.
The desperation is rising for thousands of villagers in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan province who say they have sacrificed not just their land but also their culture for the controversial Diamer Bhasha dam that their government is…