Claudina Reyes, a Christian Aid representative in Honduras, reports on her charity's relief effort after heavy rains cause landslides and flooding, killing at least 30 people and displacing some 40,000.

Water scarcity is a leading cause of food shortages and environmental decline - so why is it ignored?

The UN's World Food Programme reaches a deal with North Korea to dramatically expand its work in the hunger-hit country.

Fresh political clashes in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal leave seven injured, police say.

Rats in India's north-eastern state of Mizoram have eaten nearly 88% of the rice harvest, officials say.

Producing biofuels from a fast-growing grass emits up to 94% less carbon dioxide than petrol, a US study finds.

Police in the Indian state of West Bengal say they have unearthed five bodies in the enclave of Nandigram.

The BBC's Subir Bhaumik reports from India's Mizoram state on fears of famine caused by rats feeding on bamboo.

A strike called by opposition parties over the shooting by police of protesting farmers hits India's West Bengal state.

Police in India say that Maoist rebels have attacked a showroom in protest over plans to build a small car factory.

Around 35 acres of wheat is destroyed in a "substantial" fire near Hereford.

Ecological concerns are being raised in post-tsunami construction in the Andamans, reports Subir Bhaumik.

Alex Kirby explores the challenge of feeding the world without destroying the planet, as part of the Planet Under Pressure series.

Rice yields decline by about 10% for every degree of global warming, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports this week.

Almost 300 acres of coastal farmland in Essex are to be converted into a feeding ground for wading birds.

Nearly 20 people are killed by landslides that have followed torrential rain in India and Pakistan.

Flooding worsens in the north-eastern Indian state with villagers swept away, crops inundated and fears that the worse is to come.

The weather phenomenon returns to Peru, causing rains and floods that have claimed 18 lives and left thousands homeless.

China's size means it can have a huge effect on the global environment - and it takes its influence seriously, reports the BBC's Alex Kirby.

The World Bank has developed an upbeat assessment of the world's economic prospects, but warns of environmental dangers.