Asia

India: "Sixty-Thousand Evictions in the Name of Environmentalism" [1]

"The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is relocating whole slums to help restore polluted rivers. Is it doing more harm than good?"

Environmental Health [2]

Environmental Justice [3]

Environmental Politics [4]

People & Population [5]

Pollution [6]

Water & Oceans [7]

Public [8]

Asia [9]

Source: Undark [10], 08/03/2020

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"A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything." [11]

"Torrential rains have submerged at least a quarter of Bangladesh, washing away the few things that count as assets for some of the world’s poorest people — their goats and chickens, houses of mud and tin, sacks of rice stored for the lean season." "The country’s latest calamity illustrates a striking inequity of our time: The people least responsible for climate change are among those most hurt by its consequences."

Climate Change [12]

Disasters [13]

Environmental Justice [3]

Water & Oceans [7]

Public [8]

Asia [9]

Source: NYTimes [14], 07/31/2020

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"Floods, Coronavirus Hobble Two Of India's Poorest States" [15]

"Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in two of India’s poorest states have displaced or affected 8 million people and killed 111 since May, authorities said on Tuesday, at a time when coronavirus cases have swelled there.

The Brahmaputra river in the northeastern state of Assam is flowing above the “danger level” in many places, while heavy rains that began this week in Bihar in the east will last until Wednesday, officials say.

Agriculture [16]

Climate Change [12]

Disasters [13]

Environmental Health [2]

Health [17]

People & Population [5]

Public [8]

Asia [9]

Source: Reuters [18], 07/29/2020

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One Million Cambodians Under Threat From Development Of Vital Wetlands [19]

"The destruction of critically-important wetlands by politically-connected developers in Cambodia threatens to flood more than one million Phnom Penh residents, ruin the city’s wastewater system, force hundreds of families from their homes, and trigger environmental devastation, a new report has warned."

Air [20]

Economy & Business [21]

Environmental Justice [3]

Environmental Politics [4]

Natural Resources [22]

Pollution [6]

Water & Oceans [7]

Public [8]

Asia [9]

Source: Guardian [23], 07/27/2020

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India, Nepal Floods Displace Nearly 4 Million People; At Least 189 Dead [24]

"Nearly four million people in India's northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday."

Disasters [13]

Water & Oceans [7]

Public [8]

Asia [9]

Source: Reuters [25], 07/20/2020

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“Flight Lines: Across the Globe on a Journey With the Astonishing Ultramarathon Birds” [26]

Weighing in at little more than a couple of pats of butter, the remarkable grey plover undergoes an epic migration of thousands of miles. A new volume captures the wonder of this tiny shorebird, as well as worries over its rapidly declining numbers and possible extinction. Melody Kemp reviews “Flight Lines” in this month’s BookShelf.

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BookShelf [27]

Topics on the Beat:

Biodiversity [28]

Environmental Health [2]

Wildlife [29]

Region:

International [30]

Antarctica & Arctic [31]

Asia [9]

Australia & Oceania [32]

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July 14, 2020

Taiwan: Its Role in WHO, China and Global Policy [33]

Join International Community Radio Taipei for a virtual discussion (English language) on how Taiwan has moved from a dictatorship to a democracy with freedom of press, speech and assembly; how Taiwan fits in with the international fight against COVID-19; how the people and government in Taiwan are reacting to the crackdown on civic freedoms in Hong Kong; and the importance of Taiwan's relations with the United States and China.

Other Events [34]

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Disasters [13]

Diversity [35]

Government [36]

Health [17]

Journalism & Media [37]

Region:

Asia [9]

"China Vowed to Keep Wildlife Off the Menu, a Tough Promise to Keep" [38]

"The [Chinese] government has moved slowly to permanently stop the sale and consumption of wild animals in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, raising fears the practice may continue."

Biodiversity [28]

Environmental Health [2]

Laws & Regulations [39]

Wildlife [29]

Public [8]

Asia [9]

Source: NYTimes [40], 06/08/2020

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Environmental Catastrophe Declared In Massive Arctic Tundra Oil Spill [41]

"Large territories of rivers, streams and tundra lands are covered by more than 20 thousands tons of diesel oil from a reservoir owned by company Nornickel. The catastrophe was reported to the authorities only two days after the spill and nobody really knows how to clean up."

Disasters [13]

Energy & Fuel [42]

Pollution [6]

Water & Oceans [7]

Public [8]

Antarctica & Arctic [31]

Asia [9]

Source: Barents Observer [43], 06/05/2020

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Half Million Evacuated As India, Bangladesh Brace For Super Cyclone [44]

"India and Bangladesh evacuated around half a million people out of the way of the most powerful storm in a decade ahead of its landfall on Wednesday amid fears of heavy damage to houses and crops and disruption of road, rail and power links."

Agriculture [16]

Climate Change [12]

Disasters [13]

Environmental Health [2]

Natural Resources [22]

Water & Oceans [7]

Public [8]

Asia [9]

Source: Reuters [45], 05/20/2020

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Taiwan: Its Role in WHO, China and Global Policy [33]

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