| NEPAL: Ambulance service “inadequate” |
 | BANGKOK، 10/9/2012 (IRIN) - Nepal’s fledgling ambulance service is in need of urgent support, say health experts, particularly in the area of trained paramedics. full report |
| ASIA: Too much water lost to urban leaks |
 | BANGKOK، 12/9/2012 (IRIN) - South and Southeast Asia are home to 60 percent of the world’s population but have only 36 percent of its water resources - a situation likely to be exacerbated by population growth, rapid urbanization, industrialization, environmental degradation, groundwater overuse and climate change unless urgent remedial action is taken, say experts. full report |
| NEPAL: Adaptation to climate change goes local |
 | KATHMANDU، 13/9/2012 (IRIN) - In the next few months Nepal will start implementing local adaptation plans for climate vulnerable communities in its impoverished far-and mid-western region under the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA). full report |
| THAILAND: Activists call for greater refugee protection |
 | BANGKOK، 13/9/2012 (IRIN) - Thailand's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers is inadequate, with those outside designated refugee camps risking deportation, say activists and rights groups. full report |
| PAKISTAN: Sectarian violence slipping out of control in Balochistan |
 | QUETTA، 14/9/2012 (IRIN) - Ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan have faced increasing intimidation and violence since 2009, according to a recent fact-finding mission by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). full report |
| PHILIPPINES: Anti-flood measures announced for Manila |
 | MANILA، 14/9/2012 (IRIN) - The Philippines government is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in anti-flood infrastructure in the Manila area in a bid to protect against the storms, typhoons and floods which displace thousands and kill hundreds every year, officials say. full report |