Asia

Who"s the safekeeper?

IT HAS been made patently clear that government designed and implemented conservation projects flounder if local communities are not included in the decisionmaking process. It is the indigenous

Publication Date:

14/12/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19981215

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Conservation, Asia

Water Pollution

Not welcome...

...says the Union government to the World Commission on dams

Publication Date:

14/10/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Government Of India (GOI), Asia

Climate Change

Year of the girl child

El Nino's little sister La Nina is all set to bring rain in abundance to Australia, Indonesia and some other parts of Asia

Publication Date:

29/09/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

El Nino, Asia, Indonesia, Australia, Rainfall

Forests

Way to oblivion

That's where the Asian sea horses might be headed

Publication Date:

30/08/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Marine Life, Endangered Species, Environmental Science, Asia

India

IN FOCUS

Once again, El Ni

Publication Date:

14/05/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Fires, El Nino, Asia

Biodiversity

The mess we are in

South Asia fares pathetically when it comes to basic education. The latest UNDP report has some solutions

Publication Date:

29/04/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Children, Research, Education, UNDP, Asia

India

Sometimes, cost is not at all an issue

The World Bank pumps in US $1 billion into Asia for environmental purposes every year. In India, the bank has been financing projects to control industrial and vehicular pollution. Maritta R V Bieberstein Koch Weser , the head

Publication Date:

14/11/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19971115

pp:

0

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Aid Agencies, World Bank, Asia, India

Air Pollution

Disaster watch

On an average, disasters killed more than 1.2 lakh people and affected more than 135.5 million people every year between 1971-1995. Floods killed the maximum number of people in Asia, particularly in

Publication Date:

Thursday, October 30, 1997

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

Issue:

pp:

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Asia, Statistics

India