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    China struggles with socio-environmental standards in Latin America

    Conflicts with indigenous people underline the need for Chinese corporations and banks to include socio-environmental safeguards in their projects in Latin America and the...
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    Everest’s South Col glacier is thinning 80-times faster, says new study

    Mount Everest is very much part of the earth we live in and is not spared by climate change. But a new study unveiled...
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    Meeting climate goals won’t save corals: Study

    A new study says that areas in the seas that are considered safe for corals to survive global warming may vanish even if Paris...
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    Forests, environment and climate change budgets overlook the marginalised

    Budget 2022 has not worked to realise the commitments the prime minister made at COP26. The most marginalised have not been considered in the...
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    Pakistan’s Bundal, Buddo islands declared protected forests

    Sindh provincial government has brought down Imran Khan's pet urbanisation project. The Pakistan prime minister has had plans to create a modern city on...
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    Reducing methane emissions at landfills

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    Birds in Delhi ponds remind us why we should not ignore small urban wetlands

    A study recorded about 170 bird species in Delhi’s ponds amidst housing colonies, inside parks, next to industry, and other urban sites – evidence...
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    The ‘kidneys of the earth’ are disappearing

    Wetlands, the earth’s most threatened ecosystem, are disappearing three times faster than forests. In just 50 years since 1970, the world has lost 35...
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    WHO Calls for Urgent Action as New Cancer Cases are Projected to Nearly Double by 2050 

    The report notes substantial gains in key policy areas. Tobacco use has declined by 27 per cent since 2010, contributing to reductions in lung cancer cases and deaths in some regions.
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    Major Parties Exit Constitution Review Taskforce, Deepening Nepal’s Political Crisis

    With Parliament and public opinion in focus, the coming weeks will test whether Nepal’s political actors can bridge divides or if this latest impasse signals deeper instability in the federal republic’s young democratic journey.
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    Sri Lanka: Rising Production Costs Force Tea Smallholders to Consider Quitting

    As global demand for quality, sustainable tea grows, Sri Lanka’s smallholders – guardians of the Ceylon legacy – stand at a crossroads.

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    WHO Calls for Urgent Action as New Cancer Cases are Projected to Nearly Double by 2050 

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    Major Parties Exit Constitution Review Taskforce, Deepening Nepal’s Political Crisis

    With Parliament and public opinion in focus, the coming weeks will test whether Nepal’s political actors can bridge divides or if this latest impasse signals deeper instability in the federal republic’s young democratic journey.
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