While occupying only three per cent of the earth’s surface, the ASEAN region boasts of globally significant terrestrial and marine biodiversity that include an astonishing 18 per cent of all species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The Inter-Academy Report on GM crops submitted in September, 2010, elicited a great deal of public discussion, although it was meant only for limited circulation. In retrospect, this was to be expected in view of the nature of the issue. The report has now been updated.

News of glaciers retreating in the high mountains of Asia has intensified concerns about impacts of climate change on the hydrological systems of central, south, and east Asia. The overall purpose of this review is to provide a summary of the scientific knowledge about glacier melt/retreat in the high mountains of Asia.

The aim of this paper is to provide a strategic overview of a decade of experience in supporting public administrations in their efforts to confront excessive groundwater resource exploitation for agricultural irrigation.

The Bali Action Plan shines with lots of hopes for developing countries that in two years there would be a shared vision to combat global warming. In that plan, the shared vision was portrayed as a ‘long term cooperative action” which would include a “long term global goal for emission reduction”.

As the global population grows and incomes in poor countries rise, so too, will the demand for food, placing additional pressure on sustainable food production. Climate change adds a further challenge, as changes in temperature and precipitation threaten agricultural productivity and the capacity to feed the world

Read this summary of the monitoring of pesticide residues in the food commodities conducted from April 2008 to March 2009 at national level by Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and the IARI.

This video presents Sunita Narain's presentation and views on stand for Cancun Climate Change Conference, during South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change at New Delhi on 24- 25 Nov 2010.

For full video: http://wn.com/Sunita_Narain_on_Climate_Change_Cancun

Climate change and REDD-plus by Jagdish Kishwan presented
at the South Asian Media Briefing on Climate Change, CSE, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 24

Towards earth system modelling for improving monsoon projections under changing climate by R. Krishnan, Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune presented
at the South Asian Media Briefing on Climate Change, CSE, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 24