Wildlife

Action tiger: tiger action plans of 12 tiger range countries

As an animal high on popularity charts, the tiger has fascinated and awed generations for centuries. However, with its range confined to 14 Asian countries today, its distribution has more than halved and so have its numbers.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
Wildlife Trust of India
Tags:
Habitat, Population, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Illegal Trade, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Russia, India
Poverty

Capturing nested spheres of poverty: a model for multidimensional poverty analysis and monitoring

This paper discusses recent trends in poverty concepts and suggest a locally adapted multidimensional model for measuring and monitoring poverty. The model comprises nested layers with subjective wellbeing in the centre surrounded by a core of health, wealth and knowledge, and a context that includes natural, economic, social and political spheres, as well as service and structural aspects.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2006
Christian Gnner, Michaela Haug, Ade Cahyat & et al
Center for International Forestry Research
Tags:
Environment, Economy, Services, Poverty, Politics, Indonesia, Health
Industry

 SNIPPETS

• Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo has reinstated three senior civil servants, suspended for their involvement in the dumping of toxic wastes around the capital city of Abidjan, in September

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
Down to Earth
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Endangered Species, Mud, Zoos, Lion, Birds, Legislation, Cote D' Ivoire, Ethiopia, Indonesia, United States Of America (US), Toxic Wastes
Air Pollution

 Five southeast countries team up to fight Indonesian haze

Five southeast Asian countries have recently endorsed a joint plan of action to fight the haze caused by Indonesian forest fires. The haze was at its worse this season, leading to the closure of

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Air Pollution, Forest Fires, Disaster Management, International Cooperation, Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Industry

 Clifford Geertz purveyor of small things

In a 1995 article in The New Statesman, the anthropologist Jonathan Benthall wrote, "Clifford Geertz disappoints some colleagues because he comes up with no overarching theories.' Benthall was right or at least partly so: Geertz deliberately chose not to expound universal theories, seeking instead to find meaning in small-scale observations of simple human interaction

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
History Of Science, History, Indonesia
Solid Waste

 Sign free treaty, Indonesia told

Ministers from southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei) recently met in Indonesia's Sumatra island to discuss plans to tackle Indonesian forest fires. The

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Health Effects, Forest Fires, Finance, International Cooperation, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Industry

 Indonesia to dump hot mud in Java Sea

The Indonesian government has decided to dump tonnes of hot mud, which forced at least 10,000 Indonesians out of their homes, into the Java Sea. The foul-smelling mud has been spurting from a crack

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Down to Earth
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Marine Pollution, Land Pollution, Oil Exploration, Petrochemical Industry, Geology, Indonesia
Environment

The day the land tipped over

Indonesia's major earthquake last year (2005) tilted Nias Island like a seesaw, disrupting villagers' lives and pointing to future dangers.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2006
Richard Stone
Science
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406
Tags:
Islands, Mangroves, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Hydrology, Geology, Indonesia
India

 Trade deal inked

The Association of South-East Asian Nations (asean) recently signed a trade agreement with the us, which experts say will lead to more trade and investment alliances between the two regions . The

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Trade, International Cooperation, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, United States Of America (US)
Industry

 Tsunami warning system not in place

technology cannot always substitute sound preparedness on the ground; Indonesia learnt it the hard way when a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the island of Java killed hundreds of people last

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
T V Jayan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Indian Ocean, Tsunami, Disaster Preparedness, International Cooperation, Information, Indonesia

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