Daily roundup by CSE and Down to Earth @COP27 by Avantika Goswami and Rohini Krishnamurthy, November 7, 2022 • UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that Loss and damage can no longer be swept
The much-hyped project to export natural gas from Burma's Yadana field to Thailand is under fire from Thai environmen talists. They are concerned about the negative impact of the project on wildlife
In a recent move, more than 20,000 environmental officials have started a combing operation all over China to inspect factories and close down errant units after the State Council or the cabinet
The open water area in Bangladesh is estimated at 4.047 million ha, of which 2.833 million ha are floodplains. The deltaic environment of the nation has contributed much to the inland and marine
Farmers in Sri Lanka are up in arms against low-priced agricultural imports from India that have flooded the country's markets. After prolonged protest campaigns against the duty-free potato
A US $12.5 million project that focuses on poverty alleviation, environmental protection and improving the quality of education has been launched in Pakistan. The project, instituted by the United
Rice lands release up to 14 per cent of the world's methane emissions that cause global warming. Now, Philippine-based International Rice Research Institute (irri) is studying ways to reduce methane
This tiny Asian nation, still struggling to gain a secure economic foothold, is pressing ahead with its first oil refinery which has already become a centre of controversy. Work on the us $1.2
For the first time, China looks serious towards the environmental problems. It has recently put the environment protection issue in the government's priority list, which is at par with agriculture,
The South Pacific island of Fiji is suffering from a massive drought. The sugarcane crop of 1998 is well below normal production. Even the torrential rains due to La Nina, which lashed Australia,
Former Indo nesian President Suharto and his family own at least 88 million hectares of forests throughout Indonesia, said a spokesperson of the forest ministry. According to an investigation
