ecology

A group of local fishermen attempt to clean an empty fishing net that has just been pulled to shore in Mannar, Sri Lanka, 17 August 2022. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Sri Lankan fishermen oppose exploitation of their maritime resources by China

Photo of Sylhet city, collected from Facebook page of city corporation
Infrastructure

Development plans must be area-specific, matching with ecology, local heritage

Long-distance movements of the plastics enable the microbes to move from one ecosystem to another and act as a potential reservoir of invasive species. Photo: Bloomberg
Thoughts

The plastisphere: Colonised microbial hitchhikers and ecological food chain

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash/TBS
Bangladesh

Sheltering Rohingyas at the cost of ecology