Asian cities are especially susceptible to unpredictable environmental change, as these cities are expected to account for more than 60 percent of global population growth in the next 30 years.

Wild tigers could become extinct in 12 years if countries fail to take quick action to protect their habitats and step up the fight against poaching, global wildlife experts told a

The Chinese government on Thursday mounted a defence of its dams on the Brahmaputra and Mekong rivers, assuring its seven neighbours, including India, who have voiced concerns about the projects that downstream flows will remain unaffected.

Besides India, which raised the construction of a 510 MW dam on the Brahmaputra in talks with the Chinese leadership this week, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and

Toyota Motor Corp will sell a low-cost car in Thailand, adding to plans to introduce similar models in China, India and Brazil as the world

 Much has been done to try to save the world’s largest cat — threatened
by hunting, habitat loss and the wildlife trade — but their numbers
have continued to spiral downward for nearly two decades according to this study published in the latest issue of PLoS Biology journal.

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Bangladesh joins hand with 12 other Tiger Range Countries (TRC) to save global tiger population.

Tiger is treated as one of the most critically endangered animals fast disappearing from the world.

Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The 13 nations of the world, considered abodes of the tigers, got together at Bali in Indonesia and pledged to double the count of the big cats by 2022 from the present 3,200, in the wild.

ADB has upgraded its 2010 growth forecast for the 14 economies of
emerging East Asia to an aggregate 8.1 percent from the 7.7 percent
projected in the former Asian Development Outlook 2010, published in
April.

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