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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Plastic conundrum
More than a 100 million tonnes of plastic is produced world-wide each year. Though plastics have opened the way for a plethora of new inventions and devices it has also ended up clogging the drains
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Urban Wilderness
A study on urban biodiversity is relevant to understand the human impact on environment
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Famine fears
MAJOR rice and water crises await Asian countries in the next 30 years, the International Rice Research Institute (iARi) reports. It predicts acute shortages of rice unless anti-pollution and
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The poverty dilemma
Can Asia reduce poverty by half by 2015?
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Tarnished terrain
Pesticides used in rice cultivation are having just the reverse effect than the one intended -instead of decimating pests, extensive studies reveal that they are, in fact, destroying precisely those precious bugs that keep the pests on a tight leash. Seve
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Mutual interest
Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood a simple lesson that has been forgotten
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Networking a change
East Asian countries could be in for trouble if they continue to pursue developmental policies that are not eco friendly
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Hackers' paradise
A weak environmental regime in Brazil allows free rein to Asian logging companies to plunder through the Amazon forests
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Nature's guerrilla tactics
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a method of reducing the use of pesticides by farmers by promoting alternative pest control practices such as the use of resistant rice varieties, dependence on
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The silver spoon
Development in the small farm sector holds the key to a holistic progress in the Asia Pacific countries