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Land rights for indigenous people in India wins global prizeThe project secured thousands of hectares of land for the indigenous communities in southern Karnataka state, and assisted nearly 20,000 people to access state grants to build homes. -
Amid 'air apocalypse', mask-clad Lahore looks for answersAs the Pakistani city of 10 million's air worsens, residents are fighting back against a health 'human rights crisis'.
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Brics turns tenAt a summit in Brazil, leaders from the Brics group have pledged to increase integration through New Development Bank loans, as doubts about sustainability linger. -
India drops plan to let forest officials use force after protestsProposed amendments to a century-old Indian Forest Act aimed to give officials the power to arrest and shoot at encroachers and earmark more land for reforestation.
Opinion
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River deltas are ‘drowning’, threatening hundreds of millions of people– Many of the world’s deltas are facing an existential crisis. Better management of river sediment is vital. For dams specifically, environmental risk assessments that fully cost the consequences for downstream regions are required. -
Death by dirty cooking– Exposure to household air pollution kills 4.3 million people a year, more than HIV and AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. Yet, the world hasn't delivered clean cooking solutions. -
In Gorakhpur, citizens use nature to prevent floods– The Indian city is experimenting with natural infrastructure as a low-tech and low-cost solution to build resilience against flooding and other climate risks.
Videos
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Eco-Business releases Arctic Awakening– Produced and directed by Eco-Business managing editor Jessica Cheam and video journalist Fraser Morton, who journeyed to Norway earlier this year, the documentary has played to thousands of visitors at Marina Bay Sands’ ArtScience museum since its premiere on 4 October.
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A social venture on the road to improve lives, reduce emissions with electric rickshaws– With a vision to end the drudgery of manual rickshaw pulling, social enterprise SMV Green is also helping restore clean air in one of India's most polluted cities through electric rickshaws.
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Watch: How an Indian professor is turning plastic trash into highways– Plastic pollution is a huge problem all over of the world. Will India's plastic roads be a solution?
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2016 was the deadliest year ever for environmental defenders– A Global Witness report has found that more than 200 people were killed for engaging in peaceful protest against corporate mining, logging, agribusiness and poaching activities last year. The trend is growing.
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