Asia
![A group of scientists walking alongside a canal.](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Untitled-3.png?resize=385%2C256&ssl=1)
The scientist helping Australia and India tackle common water quality challenges
CSIRO environmental toxicologist Dr Anu Kumar is leading a project tracking pollutants in the Ganges.
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TraNSIT brings more resilient transport infrastructure to Vietnam and Indonesia
CSIRO research is helping to understand costs and improve the flow of agricultural transport in Indonesia and Vietnam, through the use of TraNSIT.
![photo of waterway in Indonesia with lots of rubbish and the same area in the background cleaned up](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/marine-debris-waterway-in-indonesia-Kompas-Wawan-H-Prabowo.jpg?resize=385%2C231&ssl=1)
Casting a global net to solve the plastic problem
CSIRO is working with Indonesia and other regional partners where COVID has exacerbated the plastic pollution issue.
![A young female vendor sells plastic cans for carrying holy water at a market around the river Ganga, India.](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Plastics_India-1-scaled.jpg?resize=385%2C256&ssl=1)
Australia and India waste experts aim to put the fantastic back into plastic
An ambitious project between the two countries to reduce plastic waste could bring global solutions.
![A woman carrying watre on her back from the Bagmati River in Nepal](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RS8241_P1090542v2.jpg?resize=385%2C256&ssl=1)
Pandemic prompts need for more water security in South Asia
Access to clean water has never been so important in South Asia. But for millions of residents it continues to be a daily struggle.
![a group of people in a forest at the base of a tree discussing and looking up](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Thailand.jpg?resize=385%2C256&ssl=1)
Recognising indigenous pollination conservation practices
Pollinators such as bees, birds, bats and butterflies are in decline globally, a threat to biodiversity and food production all over the world. The importance of pollinators isn’t new to many indigenous communities around the world.
![polluted water cascading over river waterfall](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/untitled.png?resize=385%2C256&ssl=1)
What we can learn from China’s fight against environmental ruin
After cascading ecological catastrophes in the 90s, China spent 20 years seriously investing in sustainability. Now that effort is paying off.
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Celebration of life in the forests of Borneo
Timm Döbert spent three years working towards his PhD based in a research camp in Borneo’s lowland rainforests. It was a chance to study close at hand the human impact on a diverse ecosystem – and a privileged opportunity to marvel at the diversity of life on Earth. It’s also a photographer’s paradise. He and colleagues have shared with us some of their favourite images.
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Small farms need protection to safeguard nutrients and diversity
Industrial-scale agriculture that focuses on increased yields might not be the answer to feeding the world's growing population. New research suggests the UN's Sustainable Development Goals require a discussion on quality over quantity, where smaller farms are recognised as the nutrient power house.