Eco liaisoning
THE South can now begin challenging the stereotypes about itself that had been sold so enticingly till now. The Environmental Liaison Centre International (ELCI), in Nairobi has launched a project to
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Safe drinking-water from desalination
<p>Safe and clean drinking-water is an essential element of health security and underpins sustainable socio-economic development. Global climate change, a growing global population, water requirements to support food security and rapid urbanization all contribute to increased water scarcity and compound the challenge of providing safe drinking-water.
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NASA satellites unlock secret to Northern India's vanishing water
This latest study based on NASA satellite data says that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as one foot per year over the past decade and the loss is almost entirely due to human activity. Shows that more than 26 cubic miles of groundwater disappeared from aquifers in areas of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi, between 2002 and 2008.
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Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils
The purpose of this report is to improve the knowledge base for facilitating investments in land management technologies that sequester soil organic carbon. While there are many studies on soil carbon
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African merchandise
Survival is the only business that thrives in an ailing continent
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Lost battle
It is no use trying to save the rainforests, warns a new study
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Replacing chemicals with biology: phasing out highly hazardous pesticides with agroecology
The PAN book was written to address the concerns of policy makers around the world who are faced with the need to replace the use of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) with safer and sustainable alternatives.
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How thermodynamic environments control stratocumulus microphysics and interactions with aerosols
Aerosol–cloud interactions are central to climate system changes and depend on meteorological conditions. This study identifies distinct thermodynamic regimes and proposes a conceptual framework for interpreting
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The changing climate and the Niger delta
The Niger Delta, located in the Atlantic Coast of southern Nigeria, is the second largest delta in the world. The region spans over 20,000 square kilometers hosting about 25% of the Nigerian population (from 2006 census, the total population of Nigeria is about 140 million people).
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Climatescope 2014: mapping the global frontiers for clean energy investment
<p>China and India along with Brazil and South Africa take the lead in renewable energy growth according to this new report published by Climatescope. This report developed by Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracks clean energy development in 55 countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia.</p>
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Natural burden
Climate exchange Unfair share of cause and effect Ecological damages are distributed more towards poor nations Human activities are changing
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Biomass energy: another driver of land acquisitions?
As governments in the global North look to diversify their economies away from fossil fuel and mitigate climate change, plans for biomass energy are growing fast. These are fuelling a sharp rise in the
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The World of Organic Agriculture 2014
<p>India with 600’000 producers is the home for maximum organic producers in the world reveals this 15th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. Also finds that between 2011 and 2012, the organic area in Asia decreased by almost half a million hectares or ten percent, mainly due to a major loss of area reported by India (584’266 hectares less).</p>
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WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2016
This annual statement confirms that 2016 was the warmest year on record, approximately 1.1 °C above the pre-industrial period, and 0.06 °C above the previous highest value set in 2015. Noteworthy extreme
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Water and cereals in drylands
Cereals are by far the most important source of food throughout the world, either directly for human consumption or indirectly in the form of animal feed for livestock products consumed as food. With world population set to rise to nine billion by 2050, there is an urgent need to examine ways to increase cereal production.
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India and climate change
Today the west knows that it has to take action on climate change, thanks to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) and the Stern report. However, encouraged by the Stern report, it
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'Let's put our cards on the table'
Veteran UN negotiator and head of the UNEP during the Rio summit, <font class=UCASE>Mostafa Tolba</font>, reasons why developing countries always suffer at the hands of developed countries
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Addressing long-term challenges to food security and rural livelihoods in South Asia
Notwithstanding its impressive economic growth, food insecurity in South Asia continues to be a stark reality for a large number of households. Despite several successful policy interventions by Governments,
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Yet another clue to evolution
A 10-million-year-old jaw bone recently unearthed in Kenya may have belonged to a new species, which is the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. A team of researchers from
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Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift