South Asia

Govt pledges to protect Fewa and Rupa lakes

The government has drawn its attention towards the increasing pollution and uncontrolled spread of invasive plant species at Fewa Lake in Kaski district, one of the major tourist destinations.

Publication Date:

15/09/2015

Source: Kathmandu Post (Nepal)

Tags:

Water Pollution, Water Resources, Lake Pollution, Lakes, Nepal, Kaski, South Asia

Natural Disasters

The dynamics among poverty, vulnerability, and resilience: evidence from coastal Bangladesh

The concepts of vulnerability and resilience govern contemporary natural hazard-led disaster risk management approaches. However, the empirical assimilation of socioeconomic resilience and its calibration with poverty and vulnerability are very few, which inhibit a rational process of risk analysis and policy making. In this study, we performed an empirical investigation of socioeconomic resilience to natural hazard-triggered disasters regarding tropical cyclone affected communities in southwestern coastal Bangladesh.

Publication Date:

14/09/2015

Author(s): Md. Nasif Ahsan, Kuniyoshi Takeuchi

Source: Natural Hazards

pp:

1-27

Tags:

Poverty, Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, Cyclones, Bangladesh, South Asia

Energy

Protest against coal-fired power plant held

Hundreds of demonstrators including shroud wearing people took to the streets in Multan today to protest against a new coal-fired power plant in Muzaffargarh district which would pollute the air an

Publication Date:

14/09/2015

Source: Business Recorder (Pakistan)

Tags:

Energy, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Fossil Fuels, Pakistan, Air Pollution, Health Effects, South Asia

Environment

PM wins Champion of the Earth award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been announced as one of the winners of the highest environmental accolade of the United Nations, in recognition of Bangladesh's far-reaching initiatives to address

Publication Date:

14/09/2015

Source: Dhaka Tribune (Dhaka)

Tags:

Environment, Awards, Bangladesh, UNEP, Climate Change, Economic Development, Ecology, Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, South Asia

Poverty

Bajura plagued by telling poverty

Though ranked 74th in the District Human Development Index, Bajura occupies the 75th position in the district poverty index.

Publication Date:

14/09/2015

Source: Himalayan Times (Nepal)

Tags:

Poverty, Bajura, Nepal, Economy, Anti-Poverty Programmes, South Asia

Water Supply

Pakistan becoming water-stressed: Irsa

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has conceded that Pakistan is becoming a water-stressed country as the availability of per capita water has declined.

Publication Date:

14/09/2015

Source: Nation (Pakistan)

Tags:

Water Supply, Pakistan, Drinking Water Scarcity, South Asia, Rivers, Water Resources, Water Distribution, Waterborne diseases

Sanitation

Modelling the impact of sanitation, population growth and urbanization on human emissions of Cryptosporidium to surface waters—a case study for Bangladesh and India

Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that can cause diarrhoea. Human faeces are an important source of Cryptosporidium in surface waters. We present a model to study the impact of sanitation, urbanization and population growth on human emissions of Cryptosporidium to surface waters. We build on a global model by Hofstra et al and zoom into Bangladesh and India as illustrative case studies.

Original Source

Publication Date:

11/09/2015

Author(s): Lucie C Vermeulen, Jelske de Kraker, Nynke Hofstra & et al

Source: Environmental Research Letters

Vol:

10

Issue:

9

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Sanitation, Diarrhoea, Waterborne diseases, Urbanisation, Population Trends, India, Bangladesh, South Asia, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Urban Sanitation, Faecal Coliforms, Slums

Land

To help climate migrants, Bangladesh takes back land from the sea

Bangladesh is going ahead with an ambitious plan to reclaim land from the sea to help relocate people who have lost their homes to sea level rise, erosion and extreme weather.

Publication Date:

10/09/2015

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Climate Change, Land, Land Reclamation, Bangladesh, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Erosion, Climate Impacts, Cyclones, Storms, South Asia

Water Supply