A recent study has revealed that at least 44 per cent of the original forest of Mexico has disappeared, since 1971, due to logging and farming. These include the forests in protected areas. At

How shrimp cultivation turned a mangrove forest into a saline desert

After sustained lobbying by non-governmental organisations, ( ngo s) the Asian Development Bank ( adb ) has admitted that

The construction of the Jessore-Khulna Drainage Rehabilitation Project (JKDRP) in Bangladesh is progressing at a snail's pace with only 20 per cent of the work completed. The project was designed to

Two draft documents - Institutionalizing and Strengthening of the Environmental Assessment Process in Bhutan and Environmental Assessment Sectoral Guidelines was released this May by the Bhutan

In order to improve the condition of the urban poor and health care facilities in Bangladesh, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give US $90 million as micro credit. According to ADB resident

The I st phase of a women's small loan project concluded in Deukhuri, Kathmandu recently. Implemented by a group of local NGOs and supervised by the ministry of local development with the Asian

A major water crisis seems to be brewing in Asia. Whether it is China, Australia, India or Vietnam the problem is universal as millions of people struggle with droughts or water shortages that have

The Third World feels that the move by the industrialised countries to link ADB's lending policies to social objectives may hamper growth in Asia

...and all that baloney. And this moneygrubbing is not ecofriendly