Forests

 FAO report blames developing nations for deforestation

The seventh biennial issue of the

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
Archi Rastogi
Down to Earth
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Forests, Forest Resources, Deforestation, Forest Products, Palm, Information, UN, Greenpeace, Asia, India, Developing Countries, Statistics
Wildlife

 US launches global initiative to fight illegal wildlife trade

the us has officially launched a global initiative to fight illegal wildlife trade. The Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (cawt) comes despite the fact that there are two international

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
CITES, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Asia, India
Environment

 Comanagement of natural resources Local learning for poverty education

book

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
Richard Mahapatra
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Environment, Public Participation, Asia, Rural Poverty, Common Property Resources
Industry

 Salt of the sea

Disasters often help science researchers to understand natural phenomenon closely, and the Asian tsunami is no different.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Salinisation, Natural Disasters, Salinity, Tsunami, Scientists, FAO, Asia, Sri Lanka
Economy

 ILO says economic growth leads to longer working hours in Asia

Employment

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economy, Unemployment, Media, Asia, Globalisation
Health

 South Asia

asean health meet: Health ministers of 11 South East Asian countries met in Dhaka recently to discuss over ways to enhance cooperation to develop health care services in the region. Bangladeshi

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
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Food Supply, Food Aid, Health, Conflicts, Health Care, International Cooperation, War, Asia, Bangladesh
Agriculture

 Go ahead for Indo ASEAN free trade agreement

Green light for Indo ASEAN free trade agreement

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Plantation Crops, Edible Oils, Trade, Farmers, Imports, International Cooperation, Asia, India
Fisheries

 Fight over fish

Only a few in sensitive list

Publication Date: 
30/03/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fisheries, Fish Processing, Fish Marketing, Trade, Asia, India
Industry

 A safety valve!

Alarmed by super rapid industrialisation in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank suggests urgent corporate voluntary action and diluted regulations

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
Down to Earth
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Economic Development, Industry, Asia, China, India, Statistics
Industry

 Snippets

• Army contractors halted operations at the Newport Chemical Depot, in western Indiana, as nearly 500 gallons of caustic wastewater containing hydrolysate, leaked into a sealed area at the facility. This plant is used for destroying Cold War era chemical weapon VX.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
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Mad Cow Disease, Mining, Urban Air Quality, Coal, Rail Transport, Fisherfolk, South Africa, Asia, Japan, Spain, United States Of America (US), Australia

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