environment

Malaysia is undertaking a breakneck building spree that is lifting its economy while placing its environment and politics under pressure.

The AIIB's transport strategy for the Belt and Road Initiative does not even mention the new environmental pressures to which it will expose vast swathes of the globe.

New research has found that each hectare of rainforest used for oil palm production is responsible for even higher carbon emissions than originally believed.

China has a domestic imperative to improve on emissions.

Cities are growing and thirsty for fresh water. Some of the most important efficiency efforts are those that address urban development in a more sustainable manner.

A new exhibit in Penang, Malaysia features the latest paintings of Jennifer Mourin, an artist known for actively promoting the protection of the environment through her art.

In a highly criticized stunt, a Chinese reporter drinks river water to prove It's clean.

'We know that when you implement a charge or a tax on the population, they immediately align.'

With production for top brands like Nike, Adidas, Under Armour and Lululemon, Taiwan already accounts for 70% of the world’s output of functional fabrics, but can the country's textile industry take a bold step forward?

Mounting outcry over Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on.

According to a report by Caixin earlier this month, 33 incidents of industry obstructions occurred in more than half the localities under inspection since April.

The Elephant Action League sent undercover investigators into Vietnam, China and several other Asian countries to understand the intricate network involved in getting rhino horn from African countries into the hands of Chinese consumers.

Just as China is surprising the world by the speed of its economic and energy transformations, there is hope that the country will surprise the world with a more robust commitment to conservation as well.

A proposal to upgrade a road into a highway in Corbett National Park has conservationists deeply worried for the region’s 300 Bengal tigers.

A Q&A with author and writer Alex Shoumatoff.

There are environmental and ecological concerns regarding the infrastructural projects linking China and Nepal.

The plant, Arisaema translucens, had not been recorded since it was first collected from southern India in 1932.

Unexpected diversity of a family of lizards in India implies that tropical grasslands are not human-made ecosystems as often argued.