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The people in the Ferghana Valley have complex, multi-layered identities that cannot be properly defined along ethno-linguistic lines. Polices that are based on this insight may well prove to be the key to lasting peace.

Kenyan legislators are seeking to ban the cultivation of eucalyptus along riparian lands, because the trees deplete the water, often resulting in the drying up of streams, aggravating the effects of climate change.

More and more Pakistani vacationers are discovering the remote mountainous region in the country’s north-east. The trend is bringing in buying power and creating jobs, but it also harbours the risk of social and ecological conflict.

In an ambitious plan to protect forest habitats and contain the climate crisis, Kenya wants to resettle the indigenous Ogiek people from their habitat, the Mau Forest.

Business people fear that the recent cholera outbreak in Zambia, coming only around two years after the Covid-19 pandemic, will financially stress local businesses, especially those run by women.

The Kenyan government’s plans to extend a road that runs through one of the country’s last remaining forest and game reserves are meeting with resistance.

Glaciers, snow and permafrost are undergoing rapid transformation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with disastrous consequences for water and food security

Groundwater offers considerable opportunities for socio-economic development, particularly in agriculture. The BGR is helping partner countries exploit this resource

Water-security levels are lowest in Africa and South Asia. The situation is not automatically improved by a high-performing economy

The river running through Kenya’s capital is a health hazard and an environmental mess. In order to improve the situation in the long term, residents’ living conditions must be addressed