Health

Pakistan may have 335 million souls in 2050, says ADB report

Pakistan is projected to have 335 million population by 2050 that is 81.4 percent more than the existing population, an Asian Development Report 'Asia 2050, Realizing the Asian Century' says. According to the report, Asia in 2050 will be heavily influenced by the relative demographic weight of South Asia.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2011
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Population, Asian Development Bank (ADB), India, South Asia, Energy, Transport, Health
Wildlife

Effectiveness of action in India to reduce exposure of Gyps Vultures to the toxic veterinary drug Diclofenac

Contamination of their carrion food supply with the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac has caused rapid population declines across the Indian subcontinent of three species of Gyps vultures endemic to South Asia. The governments of India, Pakistan and Nepal took action in 2006 to prevent the veterinary use of diclofenac on domesticated livestock, the route by which contamination occurs.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2011
Richard Cuthbert, Mark A. Taggart, Vibhu Prakash & et al
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Vulture, Endangered Species, Drugs, India, Nepal, South Asia, Pakistan, Livestock, Birds
Forests

Rights, responsibilities and resources: examining community forestry in South Asia

This paper seeks to understand whether decentralized management of forests can reduce forest loss in developing

Publication Date: 
01/05/2011
Priya Shyamsundar, Rucha Ghate
South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics
Tags:
Community Forest Management (CFM), South Asia, Nepal, India, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Conservation, Forest Policy
Economy

For the global good: Indias developing international role

In recent years Western countries have encouraged India to play a more active global role, as have other emerging powers. India has attempted to do so in many areas, and it has sought to be recognized as a global actor, not least by campaigning for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2011
The Royal Institute of International Affairs
Tags:
Development, Environment, India, Food Security, Trade, South Asia, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Economy, Aid
Energy

 Nepal declares energy emergency

Reeling under routine 12-hour power cuts daily, Nepal has launched an ambitious multibillion rupees initiative to add 2,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2016. Addressing the country’s Parliament on March 23, Bharat Mohan Adhikary Deputy Prime Minister who also holds the finance and energy portfolios, declared the next four-and-a-half years as a period of “energy emergency”.

Read More - http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/nepal-declares-energy-emergency

Publication Date: 
30/04/2011
Aditya Batra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Energy, Nepal, South Asia, Hydroelectricity, Electricity, Conflicts, Floods, Kosi, Power Industry, Private Sector
Transport

Alarm over air pollution & public health, languishing vehicle technology & mobility crisis in South Asian cities

New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and TVE Asia Pacific jointly organise a media briefing in Colombo on the Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian Cities . Colombo, like Delhi, is facing a serious air pollution problem – toxic risk from rapidly growing numbers of vehicles, many of which run on diesel.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, South Asia, Diesel, Vehicular Pollution, Delhi, Colombo, Fuel Quality, Vehicular Standards, India, Sri Lanka, RSPM (PM 10), Congestion, Urban Transport, Transport, Air Quality and Health
Air Pollution

Seeking solutions to air pollution, health and congestion in South Asian cities

This document contains the presentation by Anumita Roychowdhury of Centre for Science and Environment, at Second country media briefing on “Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian cities” held in Colombo on 27 April 2011, jointly organized by CSE and TVE Asia Pacific.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2011
Anumita Roychowdhury
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
CSE, CSE Study, South Asia, Delhi, Urban Transport, Transport, India, Health Effects, Urban Air Quality, Congestion, Air Pollution, Air Quality and Health
Air Pollution

Challenges of understanding and combating air pollution in Sri Lanka

This document contains the presentation by O A Ileperuma of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka at Second country media briefing on “Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian cities” held in Colombo on 27 April 2011, organized by CSE and TVE Asia Pacific.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2011
O A Ileperuma
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Air Pollution, CSE, Colombo, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Health Effects, Urban Air Quality, Vehicular Pollution, Transport, Air Quality and Health
Transport

Alarm over air pollution and public health, languishing vehicle technology, and mobility crisis in South Asian cities

New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and TVE Asia Pacific jointly organise a media briefing in Colombo on the Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian Cities . Colombo, like Delhi, is facing a serious air pollution problem – toxic risk from rapidly growing numbers of vehicles, many of which run on diesel.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, South Asia, Diesel, Vehicular Pollution, Delhi, Colombo, Fuel Quality, Vehicular Standards, India, Sri Lanka, RSPM (PM 10), Congestion, Urban Transport, Transport, Air Quality and Health
Air Pollution

Gasping for fresh air?

This document contains the presentation by Nalaka Gunawardene, Director of TVE Asia Pacific at Second country media briefing on

Publication Date: 
27/04/2011
Nalaka Gunawardene
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Air Pollution, CSE, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Air Quality and Health

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