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
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Status and potential of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific 2008
The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) is committed to acting as a regional consultative forum, providing its member countries, regional organizations and fisheries professionals in the region with the opportunity to review, discuss and decide on actions and challenges facing the region
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Market-based approaches for managing the Asian environment: a review
This paper identifies inadequate effort to use market-based approaches, among others, as a reason for limited progress in arresting continuing environmental degradation in the Asia and Pacific region.
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Agricultural exit problems: causes and consequences
Contrary to conventional economic theories, the relationship between income growth and the share of the population within the rural or agricultural sector is extremely diverse, even among regions starting from similar levels of development, such as Asia and Africa. The pattern in developing Asia is characterized by
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Co-benefits: management options for local pollution & GHG emissions control
Due to regulations and compliance issues for urban centers
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Asias sooty air
Priyanka Chandola According to a recent study, health effects of air pollutants are worse in Asian cities.
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Asian and African states ban China milk products
More than a dozen countries in Asia and Africa have banned China dairy imports, and several others had recalled products by Wednesday, fearing potentially lethal melamine-tainted milk has made its way to their markets. Here is a list of how different countries are reacting. IMPORT BANS
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Chinese tainted milk scandal fans fear across Asia
China's milk scandal fanned fears across Asia on Tuesday as countries expanded bans on Chinese dairy products to include candy and other goods and worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health checkups.
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Common Birds in Decline, Signal Biodiversity Crisis
Many of the world's most common birds suffered steep population drops over recent decades, a sign of a deteriorating global environment and a biodiversity crisis, BirdLife International said on Monday.
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Hunger on the rise: soaring prices add 75 million people to global hunger rolls
Provisional FAO estimates show that the number of undernourished people in 2007 increased by 75 million, over and above FAO
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First Pakistan Natural Gas, LNG Conference' from October 21
With increased power generation driving up energy demand in Asia the business of energy security and inter-country business alliances has been a major inter-governmental talking point in recent months, as both Pakistan and India seek to shore-up their energy supply by engaging the Iranian government on exports of oil and gas to their respective countries.