Environment

Rio report card

The world has failed to deliver on many of the promises it made 20 years ago at the Earth summit in Brazil.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2012
Jeff Tollefson, Natasha Gilbert
Nature
486
7401
20-23
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Biodiversity, Ecosystems, GMOs, UNCCD, UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, India, China, Developing Countries, Emission Targets, Land Degradation, United States Of America (US)
Forests

North Korea lifts the veil on its agroforestry practices

A new study offers a rare glimpse into North Korea's agriculture and forestry policies, and may open up new international connections with the country, say researchers.

Publication Date: 
02/06/2012
Environment News Network
Tags:
North Korea, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Forests, Land Degradation, Deforestation, Landslides
Mining

Impact of mining on people and environment in Sandur, Bellary

Sandur, a region once known for its pristine hills and its lush green forests, today, is stripped of not only its beauty but its character too; all for the murky ore, needed to build and propagate the 'great human civilization'.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
Maneesh Manjunath
Wastelands News
25
2
4-13
Tags:
Mining, Bellary (D), Iron And Steel Industry, Karnataka, Exports, Illegal Trade, Corruption, Land Degradation, Health Effects, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution
Water Resources

International waters: delivering results

Since 1991, UNDP-GEF’s International Waters Programme has been supporting over one hundred countries that share some of the world’s largest and most important aquatic ecosystems to work cooperatively in addressing the agreed priority environmental and water resource concerns facing such waterbodies.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
Stephen Maxwell Donker, David Vousden, Nico E. Willemse, & et al
UNDP
Tags:
Water Resources, Marine Ecosystems, Lakes, Rivers, India, Global, Environment, Fisheries, River Basin, Land Degradation, Wetlands, Coastal Development
Environment

Community action for the global environment

This publication highlights the results and lessons learned in the past 20 years of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (SGP) and reflects on the contributions of communities to sustainable development. It also includes valuable insight and testimonials on how SGP contributes to development issues and the UNDP mandate.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
UNDP
Tags:
Environment, Community Groups, Global, India, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Water Resources, Land Degradation, POPs
Forests

Fires playing havoc with forest wealth in Himachal

Fires have wreaked havoc on the vulnerable pine forests in Mandi and other districts of hill State Himachal Pradesh, resulting in loss of invaluable forest wealth, besides widespread environmental

Publication Date: 
28/05/2012
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Degradation, Forests, Forest Fires, Himachal Pradesh, Hamirpur (T), Kangra
Climate Change

$9mn US grant for Climate Change Resilience Fund

The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced an initial obligation of $9 million to support the Bangladesh Climate Cha-nge Resilience Fund.

Publication Date: 
25/05/2012
Bangladesh Today
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Bangladesh, South Asia, Climate Change, Aid, Adaptation Fund, Low Carbon Economy, Deforestation, Land Degradation, World Bank
Environment

GEF pledges $8.3 million assistance to country

The government has got a commitment of $8.3 million (around Rs 720.93 million) grant under the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Publication Date: 
18/05/2012
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Nepal, South Asia, Land Degradation, Climate Change, Biodiversity, UNDP, UNEP, Asian Development Bank (ADB), India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Forests, Ozone Layer
Agriculture

‘India should go for sustainable food growth’

Speaking about the need to increase food production to feed the growing population, India’s representative from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dr Peter Kenmore, on Monday said that this has to be done in a sustainable manner and by crop intensification.

He was delivering the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s (Nabard) 30th anniversary lecture on “Future of Global Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities for India”.

Publication Date: 
09/05/2012
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Population, FAO, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Green Revolution, Jharkhand, Rice, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Groundwater, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Crops, Land Degradation, Biodiversity, Irrigation, Agriculture
Environment

National sustainable development strategy: Pakistan’s pathway to a sustainable & resilient future

The National sustainable development strategy (NSDS) is an attempt to define sustainable development and the pathway to a “green economy” in Pakistan’s context. It lays out an adaptive system and approach that can be continuously improved, through regular updates, to respond to evolving challenges.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Malik Amin Aslam Khan
Government of Pakistan
Tags:
Sustainable Development, Pakistan, South Asia, Economic Development, Agriculture, Food Security, Energy, Poverty, Environment, Water Resources, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Climate Change, Waste Management, Biodiversity, Land Degradation

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