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CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
Post-1949, China increased its forest cover from 10% to 25%, but scientists found an unexpected side effect: Tree planting shifted water away from East & Northwest towards the Tibetan PlateauChina's extensive reforestation programmes have significantly increased forest cover across the country. However, this large-scale greening...- Indus Waters Treaty: The 1960 pact that refuses to leave the limelight of India-Pakistan tensionsIndus Waters Treaty Explained: The Indus Waters Treaty faces strain over India's hydropower projects and Pakistan's objections. Following a...
- Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower in a warming HimalayasNepal’s devastating floods have damaged hydropower plants, roads, bridges and essential infrastructure, knocking out about 10% of the count...
- In 1999, an American teacher gave $5,000 to a Chinese woman fighting a desert. 27 years later, they reunited in tears after her trees grew into a 50,000-tree forestIn 1999, American teacher Ronald Sakolsky gave $5,000 to Chinese environmentalist Yin Yuzhen after seeing her fight against desertification...
- In June 2026, Spain revealed a rare-earth deposit capable of meeting 33% of Europe’s needs. Now, the find could challenge China’s grip on critical minerals and strengthen continent’s push for mineral independenceA rare-earth deposit identified in Campo de Montiel, central Spain, could become an important source of materials for Europe’s electric veh...
- Five years of Taliban rule: Survival is not the same as stabilityThe Taliban has maintained control of Afghanistan for five years. Mounting domestic pressures include poverty and refugee returns. Internal...
- PM, Shah must respond on reports of Chinese aggression in Arunachal Pradesh, loss of territory: Mallikarjun KhargeCongress leaders demand answers from Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah. They question reports of Chinese troops restricting Indian...
- In 1981, China began planting billions of trees to restore degraded land. Decades later, the 78-billion-tree effort produced a surprising outcome: it altered the water cycle, sending more rain to some regions while drying out othersChina’s decades-long reforestation campaign has dramatically expanded vegetation across the country, including through the Three-North Shel...
- Nauru: World's 3rd-smallest country, at just 21 square kilometres and about 12,000 people, changed its name to Naoero. Here's all about itNauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero. This move restores the nation's traditional indigenous identity and pronun...
- In 1962, China sent young 369 foresters, to a former Qing hunting reserve that had become desert and was throwing sandstorms at Beijing; three generations later, it is the largest man-made forest on EarthIn 1962, a determined group of young foresters set out to change the landscape of Saihanba, transforming a barren desert into a thriving ec...
- In 2013, the Army Corps fortified Lake Borgne with the $1.1 billion 'Great Wall of Louisiana,' the biggest design-build in its history, to shield New Orleans from another KatrinaIn the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the weaknesses in infrastructure were starkly highlighted, leading to the creation of the IHNC–Lake ...
- In 2002, a blind man and an armless man teamed up in a Chinese village, one serving as the other's eyes and hands; over the next 15 years, they planted more than 10,000 trees by hand along a barren riverbankTwo lifelong friends, Jia Wenqi and Jia Haixia, rebuilt a dead riverbank into a forest. They planted over ten thousand trees by hand, overc...
- Why Trump covets GreenlandGreenland's Arctic location is vital for global security and trade routes. President Trump seeks control of the mineral-rich island for Ame...
- Why does Trump want Greenland? All about the Arctic island of just 56,000 mostly Inuit people at the center of a global power struggleTrump and Greenland: Greenland's strategic location between North America and Europe draws global attention. The United States seeks contro...
- EU issues new steel, e-commerce regulations to reduce trade imbalance with ChinaThe European Union has introduced new measures to protect its steel industry and curb e-commerce imports from China, aiming to address a si...
- COP27: WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala seeks to revive green trade talksTalks on scrapping tariffs and other trade barriers on goods such as solar panels or smart-heating controls that can address climate change...
- Ecological ChallengesThe various ways in which legal scholarship is pivotal to good governance are thus highlighted, as is the extent of innovation being genera...
- China declares war on pollution with $35 billion fundChina on Wednesday declared a war against chronic pollution choking the booming nation, allocating about $35 billion for environmental prot...
- China declares war on pollution with $35 billion fundLi allocated 210.909 billion yuan ($35 billion) for energy conservation and environmental protection this year, a 7.1 per cent increase com...
- Pollution in 10 industrial hubs alarming: StudyWith India aiming to emulate China in taking aggressive domestic measures to control emissions, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ...
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