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Natural disasters in Asia in 2011 could well prove to be the costliest ever, experts say.
IRIN
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Thais turn to tossing mud balls in the hope of improving the quality of stagnant water following weeks of flooding.
IRIN
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It's been a year since the inaugural International Tiger Forum in St Petersburg. What has the world achieved for the tiger?
DEBBIE BANKS
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Cheerless Eid for Sindh flood survivors in Pakistan.
IRIN
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The newest environmental superhero is a seven year old Himalayan girl named Ishi.
JENNY MARUSIAK
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Leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by Indonesia in the sustainable use of its forests.
FAITH DOHERTY
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Indonesia has set ambitious targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions that will require major changes in how forests and agricultural lands are managed.
PATRICK ANDERSON
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Urgent action is needed to avoid the extinction of Mekong River dolphins.
DEBBY NG
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Bhutan is teaching Nepal how to exploit hydropower.
GYALSTEN K DORJI
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With our physical environment increasingly threatened, it has become essential to recognise that even a single person is capable of making a big difference.
DEBBY NG
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The Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan triggers memories for a young man whose father was, along with thousands of other Ukrainian workers, sent by the Soviet government to help clean up after the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.
ROSTISLAV GOLYAK
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Dislodged by weeks of heavy rain in their natural habitat, the plants had at one point blocked up to 2km of the Rio Grande river.
IRIN
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China's soaring meat consumption spells trouble.
SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
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The phenomenon of growing an elite sport in a poor province.
JOSH SUMMERS
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Besides donations, the private sector also has the skills and assets that can prove useful when a disaster strikes.
IRIN
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