Jonathan Watts

Berta Cáceres, Honduran indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, has been murdered, days after she was threatened for opposing a hydroelectric project, writes Jonathan Watts. Her death has prompted international outrage, and a flood of tributes to a courageous defender of the natural world.

Developers of hydroelectric plant have redrawn the boundaries of a crucial freshwater reserve for rare and economically important species

Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan in 2008 - equivalent to 3.9 per cent of country's GDP - as officials warn of threats to ecology, food safety and flood control

Loss of ecosystems perceived by banks and insurance companies to be a greater economic risk than terrorism, finds UN report

Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate change