2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
Asia
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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
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FAO report blames developing nations for deforestation
The seventh biennial issue of the
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Infant death linked to child rearing habits
The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIDS is more frequent among children in the West than in Asia. Researchers say a difference in child care practices may be the cause.