This derivative regional analysis covers the East Asian region consisting of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. While the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 3rd Edition (Climate Vulnerable Forum & V20 2022) provides a global overview of climate vulnerability with national-level data, the emphasis of this …
Japanese and South Korean companies have won the highest marks in Asia for “responsible” investing, which remains in its infancy in these countries, in a new survey by Eiris, an environmental research house. Companies based in Hong Kong, China and Singapore, meanwhile, failed to make progress in this arena, with …
Bhopal : The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be on a nine day visit to Republic of China from September 12 to 20, 2011 in order to participate in the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting being held at Dalian city of China from September 14 to 16, 2011. Chouhan …
Hong Kong customs officers have seized a large shipment of African ivory hidden in a container that arrived by sea from Malaysia. Hong Kong government officials said Tuesday that officers found 794 pieces of ivory tusks estimated to be worth $1.6 million. The officers found the tusks, which were hidden …
Australia's second-largest city Melbourne has been rated the world's best city to live in, and Mumbai one of the worst, according to a new survey. In the survey of 140 cities around the globe, Melbourne secured the top slot with a score of 97.5 per cent, followed by Austrian capital …
More than a dozen regional governments in Japan will conduct tests to determine whether locally grown rice contains too much radioactive cesium, farm ministry officials said on Monday, as food safety worries spill into the country's traditional staple. Public fears over radiation in food have grown after the world's worst …
Poaching and illegal trade of bears, whose bile is used in traditional medicine and folk remedies, remains robust across Asia, putting wild bear populations under unrelenting pressure, according to a report by a wildlife trade monitoring network. Products made from bile extracted from bears' gall bladders were found on sale …
Poaching and illegal trade of bears, driven largely by the demand for bile, used in traditional medicine and folk remedies continues unabated across Asia on a large scale, a report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, has found.
Ngong Ping is located on Lantau Island, the most important outlaying island of Hong Kong that is home to the famous Hong Kong Internatonal Airport and Asia's longest cable car system. Sewage discharge on Ngong Pong relied on distributed septic tanks and soakway systems that imposed severe limitations on the …
Inhaled asbestos fibers may contribute to three-fourths of malignant mesotheliomas diagnosed in men and almost 40% of cases diagnosed in women. Bans on the manufacture and sale of amphibole asbestos fibers are expected to reduce the incidence of mesothelioma, but the long latency period from initial exposure to clinical disease …
The head of the World Health Organisation said on Sunday that the swine flu virus has apparently not yet mutated into a more serious disease and that the development of vaccines was proceeding on track. The vaccines for (A) H1N1 influenza produced so far have been very effective, WHO Director-General …
Proposes Simultaneous Negotiations On Services, Agriculture & Non-Agri Market Access In order to expedite progress on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) under WTO (World Trade Organisation), India on Thursday proposed simultaneous negotiations in services along with issues on agriculture and non-agriculture market access (NAMA). Addressing a two-day mini-ministerial meeting on …
Although the first batch of swine flu vaccines are supposed to be ready and licenced by October, most healthcare workers do not want to be the first to be vaccinated. The reason behind the reluctance is the 1976 swine flu fiasco in the US when the vaccine supposedly killed 25 …
Norwegian police on Monday charged the Chinese captain of a dry bulk vessel for not warning the coastal authorities that his ship was in danger during a storm last week that led to one of Norway's biggest fuel spills. The Chinese-owned "Full City" ship has remained grounded near Langesund since …
DAM Turkey to go ahead without aid Turkey decided to go ahead with the construction of the US $1.68 billion Ilisu dam project even after credit agencies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland withdrew from the project. In December 2008, the three governments suspended funds claiming Turkey did not fulfill certain …
Swiss fund management company Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) said on Friday it planned to raise up to $300 million for a fund that would invest in companies involved in water-related businesses. The new fund, which it plans to launch this year, would be in addition to SAM's mainstream water fund, …
The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory is now worse than it was at its peak in the 1980s. New forensic tools based on DNA analysis can help stop the cartels behind this bloody trade.
