State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Asia
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Melting into thin air
The 25 km long Gangotri glacier, fountainhead of the Ganga, is receding at an average 18 metres annually
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Droughts after deluges
As the glaciers recede, the frequency of natural hazards such as floods and cloudbursts will increase
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City shock
Cities are known to generate a lot of waste and contribute in a major way to water and air pollution. They have become a major source of concern in the 20th century. City authorities will have to be
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Glaciers beating retreat
Himalayan glaciers, source of water for the innumerable rivers that flow across the Indo-Gangetic plains, are receding. And that too at a phenomenal rate. As they continue to recede, incidents of landslides, changes in river regimes and floods will increa
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Crisis in West Asia
Unless drastic steps are taken, West Asian countries will soon face severe water crisis
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Let off
Tobacco companies get a reprieve in the UK. How will Asia fare?
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UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has called upon various governments to closely work with the Convention to Combat Desertification, a body fighting for reversal of dryland
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Collaborative management of protected areas in the Asian region
This book contains the proceedings of the workshop on collaborative management of protected rreas in the Asian region, held at Royal Chitwan National Park, Sauraha, Nepal, May 25-28, 1998.
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Fuel for warming the globe
A collapse in the price of fossil fuel means bad news for efforts to curb global warming
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Who"s the safekeeper?
IT HAS been made patently clear that government designed and implemented conservation projects flounder if local communities are not included in the decisionmaking process. It is the indigenous