Rivers
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Tame the water or let it flow? New Zealand grapples with how to protect its braided rivers
Intervention for farming and flood risk change the unique systems as communities grapple with how to live alon…
- Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Biodiversity, China, Energy, Environment, Hydropower, India, Renewable energy, Rivers, Tibet, Wildlife, World news
China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam
1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and Ban…
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Finding a way forward in the India-Pakistan conflict | Letters
Prof Shafiqul Islam and Wajid Mushtaq Teli respond to an editorial on the ongoing military clashes between the…
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‘India can starve us’: farmers in Pakistan decry suspension of crucial water treaty
Indus treaty, which had survived 65 years and three wars between countries, has been paused after Kashmir atta…
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Popping a manu: New Zealand’s unique water jumping obsession
Similar to a bomb, the diving style developed by Māori and Pasifika communities has become a national pastimeO…
- Animals, Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Coastlines, Conservation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, Global development, Rivers, Society, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, Women, World news
‘Husband eaters’: the double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows
After the trauma of losing their spouse and breadwinner to the Sundarbans’ great predator, women are cast out …
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Drought, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Rivers, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
Why Bangladesh is running out of options in the face of extreme weather
The south Asian country is a world leader in climate adaptation, but without more funding the country will str…
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Weather tracker: Low Mississippi River levels take toll on farmers
Economic loss from disruption on important travel route for grain exports estimated to be $20bnExtreme drought…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Internally displaced people, Natural disasters, Refugees, Rivers, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Peace of mind at last’: the Bangladeshi villagers digging their way out of the floods
‘Plinth’ settlements built on raised ground above the country’s flooding rivers are providing permanent homes …
- Asia Pacific, Birds, Climate crisis, Endangered habitats, Environment, Māori, New Zealand, Pollution, Rivers, Water, Wildlife, World news
‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged
Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recov…
- Cetaceans, Dolphins, Environment, India, Pollution, Rivers, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
‘World’s longest river cruise’ could threaten endangered Ganges dolphin, experts warn
A luxury cruise has been hailed as the start of a new age of Indian tourism. But conservationists fear the imp…
- Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, Biology, Conservation, Environment, Fish, Global development, India, Japan, Mumbai, Myanmar, Rivers, Science, South and Central Asia, World news, Zoology
Wolverine fish and blind eel among 212 new freshwater species
Report from Shoal on 2021’s newly described species shows ‘there are still hundreds and hundreds more freshwat…
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‘A national tragedy’: Māori drowning rate causes alarm in New Zealand
Māori have a strong ancestral relationship to the ocean involving hunting and fishing for seafood, but that ca…
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Trauma, dislocation, pollution: why Māori leaders want control of the South Island’s water
New Zealand’s booming dairy industry has polluted 95% of rivers in pastoral land – now Māori are taking the go…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Asia, Bangladesh, Colombia, Costa Rica, Darfur, Environment, Flooding, Global development, Humanitarian response, India, Internally displaced people, Landslides, Myanmar, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Refugees, Rivers, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Taliban, Thailand, World news
Refugees hit hardest as deadly floods sweep across continents
Death toll rises as storms continue to rip through communities, destroying homes and livelihoodsAs heavy rains…