Environment

Biodiversity and the natural environment in central Vietnam are being increasingly degraded due to economic development, according to a recent study.

Authorities in Beijing said Friday they will start publicising data on the tiny particles that make up much of the city's pollution, after a public outcry over air quality measurements.

The HCM City administration is determined to stop flooding at 10 of 31 spots in the city by the end of the year.

Antelope, elephants, leopards and lions are grazing and reproducing again in a reserve in Malawi, resurrected through a repopulation project of biblical proportions.

With treatment of medical waste being highly capital-intensive, only around 70 percent of it is treated in hospitals around the country.

Around 700 local residents in Nghe An Province surrounded a pig farm, as it's owner failed to relocate the farm on time.

A new forest fire claimed one life in southern Chile just hours after firefighters tamed a massive blaze in Patagonia, officials said.

Fewer than 50 wild tigers have recently been found in Vietnam, compared to 100 more than ten years ago, said an official.

For years, the story told about the Amazon has been one of destruction. But that is no longer the whole truth.

The past 12 months have seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, a leading wildlife watchdog said.

Half of the wild elephants in Dong Nai province have been wiped out in recent years, despite steps taken by the Prime Minister to save them.

The Sai Gon River and other rivers in HCM City have become more polluted because of increasing levels of waste-water from household and industrial waste.

Police in Ha Tinh Province seized two tonnes of illegally poached animals, including snakes, tortoises and lizards.

One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes erupted Tuesday, spewing clouds of ash and panicking villagers but no evacuation has been ordered so far, a government vulcanologist said.

Malaysian wildlife authorities said the capture of a young female Borneo Sumatran rhino had given them a last chance to save the highly endangered species.

Insufficient human resources was a major challenge for Vietnam in responding to climate change, said an official from the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry.

Unlicensed mineral exploitation, tourism and construction activities are seriously threatening the existence of the Ba Vi National Park in Hanoi.

Mountain tortoises are being hunted to be sold to restaurants in an number of areas in the Mekong Delta.

The authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai has uncovered a local resident who keeps a rare white-chested bear at home.