Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP and UN Women from the COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker. The tracker, which includes over 2,500 …
One needs to look no further then the river that runs through Shangba to understand the extent of the heavy metals pollution that experts say has turned the hamlets in this region of southern China into cancer villages. The river's flow ranges from murky white to a bright shade of …
Inclusive development is a much heard slogan today. But how can development be inclusive if the decision-makers in Chennai do not even know whom and what to include, wonders M G Devasahayam AS India is getting rapidly urbanised, a disturbing phenomenon
Many believe Dhar MUMBAI: Many believe Dharavi, India's largest slum in the heart of Mumbai, is also Asia's largest. Wrong, says a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report. Karachi's Orangi township is Asia's largest slum. "Dharavi is not Asia's largest slum. Karachi's Orangi Township has surpassed Dharavi," the Human Development …
This report presents a case study of a UNDP GEF Small Grant Project entitled "Mitigation of the effects of the carbon dioxide and other GHG by controlling slash and burn practices," which was conducted in Nepal and which received the gold prize in the 2008 Ryutaro Hashimoto Asia-Pacific Forum for …
Cabinet granted approval to a memorandum submitted by Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinhe to implement the project "Operationalizing the road map for disaster risk management" under UNDP assistance of USD 2,100,000 and to authorize the secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management to sign programme agreement …
Around 250,000 buildings in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet cities have been bracketed by a recent survey as being vulnerable to earthquake. "The survey results were absolutely shocking," says ASM Maqsud Kamal, national adviser to Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme for tsunami, cyclone and earthquake. "As many as 142,000 out of 180,000 …
"It was the Urbs Prima in Indis but it is now at best an imperfect city," says the Mumbai Human Development Report-2009 about the city. The report, copyrighted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and developed with the United Nations Development Programme, India, indicates that the solution to decongesting Mumbai …
KENDRAPARA: The Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) installed 21 ham (amateur) radios in ten districts, including six coastal ones, recently. Last year, UNDP provided the ham radios to OSDMA for installation. Due to non-availability of trained ham radio operators the installation of radios was delayed, said Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra, …
Leading environmentalist organisations and personalities yesterday made a set of recommendations including adopting a comprehensive action plan and forming a single authority to save the rivers and environment. Representatives of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela), Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa), Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, and The Daily Star editor and publisher made …
A parliamentary panel on Tuesday decided to seek opinions of environmental experts and civic groups in working out final recommendations to save rivers from being polluted and to reclaim them from illegal occupation, said a panel member.
This article looks at the issue of climate change from a developing country perspective and develops an outline of a win-win-oriented climate policy around development priorities. It demonstrates how the great climate debate between the
BHUBANESWAR: The 2009-10 general budget presented by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has some significant direct policy interventions for the marginal sections of society that are going to serve the interests of the State in a pronounced way. The increased allocation of 87 per cent for Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban …
The Alternative Energy Development Board has finalised the guideline report on development of wind-based electricity with specific focus on the Gharo wind corridor, where the first wind power generation of the country has become operational. The Regional Environmental Assessment Report and Guideline is scheduled to be launched here on Monday. …
Four Central Asian countries called on Monday for international help from governments and business in clearing toxic nuclear waste left over from the Cold War when they formed part of the Soviet Union. The appeal from the four -- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan -- was backed at a one-day …
Kazakhstan is located in the wind belt of the Northern Hemisphere. The Dzungarian Gates and Shelek Corridor (near Almaty) have as much wind power as any other location in the world and are currently being considered for development with financial support from the United Nations Development Program and the Global …
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) will make the Disaster Impact Assessment (DIA) report compulsory for all future development projects, Director General Major General Gamini Hettiarachchi said. He said this system will help identify suitable land for development projects and will also help to mitigate and prevent disasters to a greater …
Bangladesh is likely to be among the countries that will be the worst affected by climate change. Climate change refers to the changes in climatic elements' behaviour due to natural variability and human activity. In the last few decades, extensive floods, cyclones, tidal surges, tsunamis, drought, riverbank erosion, etc., have …
P.V. Srividya PREVENTION IS BETTER: Suresh Mariaselvam, disaster risk management consultant, speaking at a seminar in Nagapattinam Collectorate on Friday NAGAPATTINAM: Decades of development is devastated in a minute-long disaster. This was reiterated at the District Risk Management Programme organised by the State Government and supported by the United Nations …
