In the Punjab region of northwest India overuse of pesticides has helped fuel food production. It has also caused a hidden epidemic of disease that is now tearing rural communities apart.
Waterborne diseases are rampant in the East African country, which is also riven by corruption and poor governance. Can community-led approaches offer a solution?
The River Jhelum connects all of the major water bodies in Kashmir. Anything dumped into one lake will flow into the others. Livelihoods are at risk if mismanagement continues.
As Kashmir's water bodies struggle to survive, environmental scholars agonize over finding sources of support to save resources before it is too late.
When Reem Sav See heard Venerable But Buntenh speak at the village meeting, she understood clearly what he was talking about and what the consequences of a hydroelectric dam construction would be.
Buddhist monks in Cambodia are leading a protest to save the environment.
In a remote valley in Cambodia, a group of young monks join the Chong people in a fight to protect their forests, livelihood and heritage from the looming construction of a hydroelectric dam.
Chinese officials are only starting to come to grips with the severity and extent of the soil pollution that has contaminated vast areas of the nation’s farm fields. Part 3 in He Guangwei's series.
Pollution from Hunan’s mines and plants has contaminated tracts of a once-fertile farmland and put China's staple food supply at risk. Part 2 in He Guangwei's series.
Rapid economic development in China has left a troubling legacy of soil pollution that has contaminated food crops and jeopardized public health. Part 1 in He Guangwei's series.
Sean Gallagher documents the lives of India's growing army of e-waste workers and the impact the industry is having on their health and local environment.
Sean Gallagher talks with online magazine Roads & Kingdoms about his recent reporting on the effects of pollution from the leather industry in India.
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