Man held over felling palm tree with over 100 endangered bird nests in Bangladesh
The incident sparked widespread outrage after it was discovered that the felling of the palm tree destroyed the nests and killed around 96 chicks and eggs.
West Philippine Sea, Benham Bank among world’s richest soft coral habitats, new study finds
The results of the study confirm Philippine waters as a key contributor to one of the globe’s biodiversity centers for vital reef organisms.
Waste processing rate in Indonesia only reaches 10 percent
Aside from the poor waste processing rates at landfills, the scarcity of public waste disposal and management facilities across the country has led many people to burn their…
Bhutan feels the heat as Asia’s climate crisis escalates
Asia is heating up nearly twice the global average, and the consequences are mounting, from record-breaking floods and heatwaves to accelerating glacier loss and rising sea levels.
Expert analyses tsunami risk after over 15 earthquakes in the Andaman Sea
Although unlikely, a large earthquake in the area could occur, but it is unlikely to generate a tsunami due to the fault's horizontal slip motion, which typically does not…
Malformation, pests and water shortage: The mango meltdown in Pakistan’s Sindh
In the last five years, the acreage of mango orchards across Sindh has dwindled, shrinking from 59,100 hectares in 2019-20 to 58,900 hectares in 2023-24.
North Jakarta braces for tidal flooding until end June
To further mitigate the impacts of tidal flooding, the Jakarta administration plans to install additional water pumps in coastal areas.
Bhutan’s economy at risk without urgent climate action: World Bank
The country's three main economic pillars, hydropower, agriculture, and tourism, are already increasingly exposed to climatic shifts.
Vietnam jails six people over trafficking of 2.8-tonne pangolin scales
All eight pangolin species are listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which bans international trade…
Asia warming nearly twice as fast as global average: WMO report
The report says that 2024 was the warmest or second-warmest year on record depending on the dataset, with widespread and prolonged heatwaves. The warming trend between 1991–2024…