As long as there are ships, they would have to be dismantled. The shipbreaking business is directly proportional to the total global ship fleet. Between 1994 and 2003, about 4,700 ships were demolished worldwide.

FRA 2005 examines current status and recent trends for about 40 variables, covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources. In the main section of this report, results are presented according to six themes representing important elements of sustainable forest management: extent of forest resources, biological diversity, forest health and vitality, productive functions of forest resources, protective functions of forest resources, and socio-economic functions.

Water resources are vital to all human activities from basic survival to the most complex industrial production. In recent years, a broad set of national and international water issues has begun to receive significant attention. This paper provides a snapshot of current global water issues, assesses the water-related risks and opportunities most relevant for the private sector, and describes the general kinds of activities the business community could and should be taking to address them.

Captures 10 years of action, impacts and learning to address the complex air pollution challenge in Asia. This book is a survival guide for Asian cities trying to steer their way out of the pollution haze.

Is an avian flu pandemic imminent? As panic sends the world into a flutter, the Indian response still struggles to take wing, discover padmaparna ghosh and t v jayan

Environmentalists and non-governmental organisations (ngos) in the Caspian region surrounding the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (btc) pipeline have voiced concerns about the proposed route for the pipeline.

viral cancer: The fusion of human cells is a normal process that leads, for instance, to the formation of muscle and bone. Viral infections can also cause cell fusion, but such cells are generally

Asian Brown Clouds created a lot of heat in South Asia, a few years ago see: Aerial Raid, Down To Earth, August 15, 2002 . Now the chief proponent of the phenomenon, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, director of the Center for A

Rice feeds more than half of the world

The tropical monsoon rhythm for over centuries obviously occasioned the development of water works which facilitated wet rice cultivation in pre-modern Southeast Asia.

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