In-depth reporting on #water ๐ง, #climate ๐ฆ๏ธ, #nature ๐ฑ, and #livelihoods ๐พ from the #Himalayas and across the basins of Asiaโs great #rivers.
๐๏ธ UPCOMING TWITTER SPACE!
๐ฑ Join us this #WorldEnvironmentDay as our editors Ramesh Bhushal, Zobaidur Rahman, Farahnaz Zahidi, Joydeep Gupta and Atika Rehman discuss the importance of environmental stories from the #HimalayanWatershed.
๐ Mon, June 5th
โฐ Set a reminder: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1kvJpmRyLQdxE?s=20
#twitterspace #twitter #editors #stories #environmentday #webinar #discussion #environmentaljournalism #journalism #reporting #Himalayas #southasia
โ ๏ธ "The key to solving the plastics crisis and promoting transformative change may lie in the South Asian region."
As countries prepare to meet this month to work on the first global agreement to end plastic pollution, the perspectives of South Asia must be heard loud and clear.
โ๏ธ Dharmesh Shah reports
๐ Read here:
https://loom.ly/7D6I15w
#PlasticsTreaty #INC2 #StopPlasticPollution #plastics #southasia #pollution #asia #environment #endplastic #plasticscrisis
โ ๏ธ South Asia's regional cooperation is at stake as the future of the SAARC summit remains uncertain.
With no indication of another summit on the horizon, China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are rapidly filling this vacuum, gaining a greater say in South Asian water diplomacy.
๐ Read here:
https://loom.ly/KY-DI-o
#china #southasia #asia #cooperation #summit #shanghai #sco #water #diplomacy #regionalcooperation #saarc #saarcsummit #waterdiplomacy
๐ #BookReview
"Now, the disaster that could wipe humanity out is ourselves"
Peter Frankopan's The Earth Transformed: An Untold History' offers timely insights into how humanityโs success is intrinsically linked to the #environment โ and how easily it can be taken away.
๐ Check out @omairahmad's full review here:
https://loom.ly/mIDMaDg
#book #reading #review #environment #history #climate #climatechange #culture
๐ฐ Imagine spending 3-4 hours a day just to fetch water for your family. This is the reality for Bidya and many women in Sikkim's rural communities due to scarcity of water.
Research shows that rural Sikkim isn't as water-rich as it seems, and factors like land ownership and economic class play a huge role in water access.
๐ Read here:
https://loom.ly/Akk5XbA
#WaterScarcity #RuralCommunities #Sikkim #WaterAccess #families #family #women #communities #water
"We donโt want to be refugees on our own lands"
A push for #hydropower in Arunachal Pradesh raises concerns over the #environmental and socio-economic risks, especially to #Indigenous communities.
๐ Read here:
https://loom.ly/qq5VE7M
"Pangolins may live in burrows, but Indiaโs policymakers need not let their plight remain buried."
โ ๏ธ New analysis by TRAFFIC reveals that at least 1,203 pangolins were taken from the wild for illegal trade in India between 2008 and 2022.
โ๏ธ Astha Gautam and Merwyn Fernandes report:
https://loom.ly/dOZVqTY
#india #asia #analysis #wild #trade #report #illegaltrade #southasia #pangolin
๐๏ธ Globally, the building and construction sector accounts for nearly 40% of energy-and process-related carbon dioxide emissions.
To address the climate crisis, it is essential to green this sector.
โ๏ธApoorv Vij reports:
https://loom.ly/Pw-jX3E
#climatecrisis #globalwarming #architecture #construction #carbon #emissions #climate #constructionsector #theclimatecrisis #carbondioxide #carbondioxideemissions
๐ง๐ฉ๐ณ Bangladesh, home to the largest mangrove forest in the world, is on the cusp of passing two new laws that will rewrite the rules for how forest resources are used and conserved.
Can this new legislation change the fortunes of Bangladeshโs fast-depleting green cover?
๐ Click here to find out more:
https://loom.ly/k_ATNYw
#TheForestBill #newlaw #bangladesh #legislation #newlegislation #mangroveforest #forestbill #southasia #mangrove
๐ฆโ ๏ธ 14 rhinos have been found dead in Chitwan National Park and surrounding buffer zones since the start of the 2022-23 fiscal year.
Many of these deaths could be attributed to human activities such as infrastructure projects, invasive species, and the alarming resurgence of poaching.
Learn more about the situation in this article:
https://loom.ly/u7X0n54
#rhinos #rhino #species #article #humanactivity #chitwannationalpark #wildlife #conservation #nationalpark
๐Following the release of #Kaavan the #elephant in 2020, #elephants #NoorJehan & Madhubala have been in the news after falling seriously ill at #KarachiZoo.
What long-term steps will be taken to ensure the safety & well-being of #animals in #Pakistan's zoos?
๐๏ธ NEW INTERVIEW with Anoulak Kittikhoun, chief executive of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat
"Once you agree on a set of measures, then what happens after is very crucial to follow up, to monitor, to make sure that you do what you promised โ in a friendly, constructive kind of way, not in a regulatory way."
We caught up with Anoulak Kittikhoun during the 4th #Mekong #River Commission #Summit in #Vientiane this week.
๐Read the #interview here:
https://loom.ly/xLbjjak
๐ "The #school has been running without #electricity for three years now."
More than 300 students living on a river island 280km away from #Assamโs capital city Guwahati study without fans or #lights.
Substandard equipment and a lack of accountability has dimmed the promise of #renewableenergy schemes in the Indian state of Assam, especially among those vulnerable to the impacts of #climatechange.
๐ Read here:
https://loom.ly/WOWeS48
๐ Globally considered vulnerable to extinction, the #leopard has declined markedly in Asia, where the species has disappeared from more than 83% of its former range.
โ๏ธ @hazarazubair explores the species' status in #Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ
๐ Read here:
https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/nature/leopards-return-to-pakistan-capital-highlights-challenge-of-human-wildlife-conflict/
#endangeredspecies #endangered #wildlife #bigcat #cat #wild #wildlife #consercation #SouthAsia
Anyone on Mastodon still using Twitter...?
If so, join us over on Twitter on Friday 7th for a discussion with Joydeep Gupta, Aditi Mukherji and Sanjay Vashist on how the IPCC's latest warning could impact India's G20 presidency.
๐
Friday 7th April
๐ง 6PM IST | 12:30PM GMT
Set your reminder: https://loom.ly/r8x2WKw
#ipcc #india #g20 #twitter #asia #southasia #discussion #twitterspace #webinar #environment #climatechange #globalwarming
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Surviving South Asiaโs heatwaves โ vlog Part 3, Pakistan
In southern Pakistan, near the city touted as the hottest in the world, journalist Sultan Rind explains the reality of life at 46 degrees celsius (115 Fahrenheit)
https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/surviving-south-asias-heatwaves-part-3-pakistan/
Via @thethirdpoleEN
#SouthAsia #Pakistan #India #Bangladesh #Heatwave #TheThirdPole #ThirdPole #Vlog #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #Shikarpur #Heatwaves #GlobalSouth #ClimateChange
"It's become very difficult to survive here."
๐น In the first of a three-part video series, journalist @NasibAhsan2 shares his experience battling South Asiaโs hottest temperatures.
๐ Click below to watch:
https://loom.ly/_ub1X-w
#heatwave #SouthAsia #heat #globalwarming #climatechange #climatecrisis #Bangladesh #vlog #video
In war-torn #Afghanistan, the devastating effects of #climatechange have added to the long list of challenges that the people face every day.
๐ง #Droughts have become more frequent, causing once-thriving water bodies like Qargha Lake to vanish.
โ #Climate #scientists and water resource experts have called for the international community to engage with #Afghanistan and its leaders on #climateissues.
๐ Check out the full article on our website:
https://loom.ly/p3vvvJ4
