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Cash crop boom in Bangladesh’s hills puts ecosystems at risk
The hill districts in the Chittagong region in Bangladesh have seen a large-scale switch from the traditional shifting agriculture, or jhum, to more profitable cash crop cultivation in recent years.
Seagrass is known for its blue carbon potential, but meadows also play an important role in coastal protection by helping reduce wave intensity and stabilising sediments, both of which are key to reducing coastal erosion.
Close to half of the country’s waste is handled by vulnerable informal recyclers, so how much can a national framework really do?
The changing climate is a major factor in the global increase of chronic inflammatory diseases, as examples in China are showing.
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12 March 2026
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Race to deploy AI data centres in space raises safety concerns
11 March 2026
Food & Agriculture
Nations off track to meet UN pesticide risk reduction targets, study finds
5 March 2026
Food & Agriculture
Migrant fishers’ deaths expose unchecked power at sea: study
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Policy & Finance
Q&A: ‘India must ready tools to prevent virus outbreaks’
16 February 2026
Manufacturing
Indonesia’s steel boom risks emissions spike
11 February 2026
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Food & Agriculture
Climate, pests and pollution fuel crop losses across India
3 February 2026
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Food & Agriculture
Adopting low-cost ‘healthy’ diets could cut food emissions by one-third
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Carbon & Climate
Explainer: The latest science on ocean acidification
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