This video traces park volunteer Erik Suheri who is hoping the planting of lost of lost Mangrove forests to the north of Jakarta will help prevent a future catastrophe as sea levels rise around the city.

Over the past 25 years Rajendra Singh, known as India’s rainman, has built more than 4,500 earthen check dams to combat water shortages across northern India.

Amir Hossain was once a farmer on the banks of the Meghna river but as the banks collapsed and the water levels rose so he saw his farm and his home swallowed by river that had supported him.

Le Hoang Viet, an innovator, has invented a more efficient way to burn rice husk in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta kilns, that no longer pollutes the environment.

Mei Han is in charge of Lian Wei defences that runs along the West River in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. She is in a constant battle with an increasingly unpredictable climate. Some regions of China are facing unusual amounts of rain, which threatens the livelihoods of millions of people in the Pearl Delta.

The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Mr C Y Leung, attended a flag raising ceremony held in Golden Bauhinia Square at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Wan Chai on October 1st, China National Day. This was followed by a reception held at the same venue and hosted by Mr Leung. In the evening the city celebrated with a fireworks display across the harbor.

Hu Wuqiang was born into a family of potters from Tongguan, Hunan province, that spans back over 1,200 years. Lately he rediscovered a Tang Dynasty process of creating red stains on large pots, fired in a dragon kiln.

Bali, also known as Island of the Gods, is a land of many opportunities for the adventurous traveler in search of a paradise getaway.

There is a saying in China that goes “Food is like Heaven.” As the balance of the population shifts from the countryside to the cities so more and more people are being denied the opportunity to control their own “heaven” but is this about to change?

With rising global populations and a lack of land to expand rural agriculture governments are starting to look at their cities as an unlikely place to site new farmland. D J Clark investigates how this is playing out in China.

Over the past 20 years horse riding as a sport in China has been on the rise, since the 2008 Olympics where China was represented by six riders in the Hong Kong arena.

China Daily reporter Peng Yining took the short drive out of central Beijing to Xiwu International Equestrian Club, out near the airport, where around 40 of the 200 members are younger than 18 years of age to find out what was driving young people to learn this ancient sport.