Water Pollution

 Fund flow problem

Developing countries will receive us $573 million from 2003 to 2005 to stick to their timetable of phasing out consumption and production of ozone depleting substances (ods). The funding

Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Montreal Protocol, Ozone Layer, China, Developing Countries
Wildlife

The return of the unicorns: the natural history and conservation of the greater one horned rhinoceros

The return of the unicorns is an account of what it takes to save endangered large mammals.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2003
Eric Dinerstein
Columbia University Press
Tags:
Ecotourism, Animal Care, Animal Products, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Mammals, Rhinoceros, Wildlife Trade, Asia, China, Indonesia, Nepal, India
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Mapping 1995 global anthropogenic emissions of mercury

This paper presents maps of anthropogenic Hg emissions worldwide within a 1°×1° latitude/longitude grid system in 1995. As such, the paper is designed for modelers simulating the Hg transport within air masses and Hg deposition to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Maps of total Hg emissions and its three main chemical species: elemental gaseous Hg, divalent gaseous Hg, and particle-associated Hg are presented. The main emissions occur in southeast Asia (particularly in China), South Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Eastern United States.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2003
Jozef M. Pacyna, Elisabeth G. Pacyna, Frits Steenhuisen & et al
Atmospheric Environment
37
1
S109-S117
Tags:
Mercury, Atmosphere, Asia, China, South Africa, Europe, United States Of America (US), Coal, Fossil Fuels, Waste Incineration, Air Pollution, Thermal Power Plants
Animal Care

 Dating service

International experts who met in China recently have developed a computer software that could help endangered pandas find ideal mates for themselves. The software is programmed to analyse the health

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
China
India

 Down in the doldrums

The state of India's science research

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
T V Jayan
Down to Earth
11
20021231
0
Tags:
Research, Information, Education, China, South Korea, Brazil, India
India

 Not keeping pace

China set to wrest neem initiative from India

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Natural Pesticides, Pest Control, Neem, Trade, China, India
India

 Food for thought

Iron cooking vessels help combat iron deficiency

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Nutrition, Iron, Medical Research, Nutritional Diseases, China
India

 Counting the cost

Environmental disasters, including drought and flood, cost the world more than us $70 billion in 2002, reveals United Nations Environment Programme (unep). This year floods ravaged Europe,

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Floods, Drought, UN, UNEP, Bangladesh, China, Europe, India
Climate Change

 CoP 8: Nothing's brewing

For a fortnight, 1,456 delegates from 167 countries sat in conference halls, attended plenary sessions and roundtables, and sized each other up over a cup of coffee. In the end, CoP 8 didn't witness any scintillating intellectual and moral leadership from

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
Down to Earth
11
20021130
0
Tags:
UNFCCC, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, International Cooperation, China, Denmark, India, Sustainable Development, Statistics, Developing Countries
India

 Under siege

Genetic resources and livelihoods across the Asia-Pacific region are being destroyed due to commercialisation of plant genes by transnational companies and national governments. This has been

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Endangered Species, Medicinal Plants, Genetic Resources, China, Malaysia, Philippines, India

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