Climate security in the Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal (BoB) region is emerging as an important focal point for climate security risks. This is largely due to a multi-layered interplay of geopolitical, geostrategic, and climate-related regional
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Climate change vulnerability of mountain ecosystems in the Eastern Himalayas
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) undertook a series of research activities together with partners in the Eastern Himalayas from 2007 to 2008 to provide a preliminary assessment of the impacts and vulnerability of this region to climate change.
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Irrawaddy's ghosts
The Myanmar government has done little to put villagers battered by Cyclone Nargis back on their feet Barun Roy / New Delhi May 06, 2010, 0:01 IST
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Flood of fears over China's projects
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: China's dam-building spree along the Mekong river in south-western Yunnan province has raised fears among several of its neighbours, who say the dams have led to shrinking levels of water downstream.
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Elimination of neglected tropical diseases in the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which affect the very poor, pose a major public health problem in the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). Although more than a dozen NTDs affect the region, over the past five years four of them in particular
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Eco-bio-social determinants of dengue vector breeding: a multicountry study in urban and periurban Asia
The objective was to study dengue vector breeding patterns under a variety of conditions in public and private spaces; to explore the ecological, biological and social (eco-bio-social) factors involved in vector breeding and viral transmission, and to define the main implications for vector control.
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Coast Guard arrests 14 foreign poachers
Sanjib Kumar Roy | ENS THE Indian Coast Guard (ICG) apprehended 11 Myanm a re s e a n d t h re e T h a i poachers along with their boat, the Sa Pong Khol, near the Bompaka Island of the Nicobar group of islands on Sunday, of ficials said on Monday.
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Saving tigers now: A prognosis for tigers in eight priority landscapes
The report shows that while tigers are in dire trouble in some areas, they are still hanging on in others. Meanwhile, opportunities to grow tiger populations in landscapes where conservation efforts are beginning to take hold.
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Integrating biofuel and rural renewable energy production in agriculture for poverty reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion
High fossil fuel prices, energy security concerns, and environmental issues
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India, Thailand stress to speed up Trilateral highway project
India and Thailand today emphasized the need for early completion of the trilateral highway linking Moreh to Maesot (Thailand) through Bagan in Myanmar. The issue figured at a discussion between Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Korbsak Sabhavasu and Minister of Development of North East Region (DoNER) and Mines, BK Handique here today.
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Reducing disaster risks
Within few decades, climate change has quadrupled the number of natural disasters. Especially in Asia, more and more people are affected. Bangladesh is one of the countries where disaster risk reduction works fairly well. And Burma (Myanmar) is trying to enhance the crisis management after the bad experience with cyclone Nargis.