Ministers from southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei) recently met in Indonesia's Sumatra island to discuss plans to tackle Indonesian forest fires. The

The Namibian and Angolan governments have decided to revive construction plans of a controversial hydropower project on the river Kunene (Cunene River) in northwest Namibia. The Epupa Dam, proposed

lankan fuel crisis: Sri Lanka recently reached a settlement with the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation, to resolve a fuel crisis in the

The Chinese government recently passed a law barring sewage or chemical waste discharges into agricultural areas, in an effort to improve food safety in the country.

The law will take effect from November 1. It came in response to a series of food-safety incidents caused by air, soil or water pollution seeping into croplands, the Xinhua news agency said.