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Pakistan

Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan, December 2013

Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan, Dec 2013 Erratic climate change events have hit the rice production in Pakistan this year and to take account of damages, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its end-of-the-season report has downgraded its production forecast for the country by 600,000 tonnes to 8.7 million tonnes (5.8m tonnes, milled basis). Read more in this December 2013 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan

• Published On:31/12/2103
• Source:South Asia Environment Portal
• Tags: Pakistan Environment Climate Change Mining Agriculture Pollution Dams Forests Urban Transport Urban Water Supply Energy Deer South Asia

India

Integrating local hybrid knowledge and state support for climate change adaptation in the Asian Highlands

New hybrid forms of climate change adaptation combining local and nonlocal/scientific knowledge are emerging across the Asian Highlands region. Yet, while local adaptive capacity can be based on place-based

• Published On:02/03/2014
• Source:Climatic Change
• Tags: Climate Change Climate Adaptation Traditional Knowledge Asia India Sikkim Himalaya China Nepal Pakistan Bhutan Afghanistan Public Participation Disaster Preparedness Governance

Integrating science into humanitarian and development planning and practice to enhance community resilience

A set of Guidelines on ‘Integrating science into humanitarian and development planning and practice to enhance community resilience’ has been developed by Melanie Duncan at University College London in

• Published On:11/02/2014
• Source:UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS)
• Tags: Development Science NGO Bangladesh Knowledge Information Climate Change Global Warming Floods Disaster Management Scientists Appropriate Technology Public Participation Flood Control Agriculture Weather Predictions Farmers Kenya

India

World small hydropower development report 2013

This first World Small Hydropower Development Report (WSHPDR) published jointly by UNIDO and International Centre for Small Hydropower (ICSHP) includes country reports for all countries from all regions of this world that use or have small hydropower potential.

• Published On:01/02/2014
• Source:UNIDO
• Tags: Small Hydro Power Renewable Energy India South Asia Bhutan Bangladesh Nepal Climate Change Climate Mitigation Electricity Rural Electrification Rural Energy

India

Multi-country assessment of national capacity to provide hearing care

WHO estimates that over 5% of the world’s population – 360 million people - has disabling hearing loss. The highest prevalence is found in the Asia Pacific, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. About half

• Published On:01/02/2014
• Source:World Health Organization
• Tags: Ear Diseases Health Effects Epidemiological Studies India Global South Asia WHO

Bhutan

Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bhutan, January 2014

Import, transit, research and development and introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) capable of reproducing in the natural environment will become illegal in Bhutan with the enactment of the biosafety bill. Read more in this January 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bhutan.

• Published On:31/01/2014
• Source:South Asia Environment Portal
• Tags: Bhutan GMOs Biosafety Legislation Dams Renewable Energy Poaching Wildlife

Maldives

Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Maldives, January 2014

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has pledged Dh22million (US$6 million) in concessionary loans for clean energy projects in the Maldives, Abu Dhabi media has reported. Read more in this January 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Maldives.

• Published On:31/01/2014
• Source:South Asia Environment Portal
• Tags: Maldives Environment Waste Management Solid Waste Waste To Energy Water Resources Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) Renewable Energy South Asia

Nepal

Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Nepal, January 2014

Nepal has been ranked 139th in the Environmental Performance Index 2014, which assessed 178 countries across the world. Read more in this January 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Nepal

• Published On:31/01/2014
• Source:South Asia Environment Portal
• Tags: Nepal Environment GMOs Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) Organic Farming Mining Lakes Dams/ Irrigation Forests Vehicular Pollution Earthquake Urban Water Supply Pesticides Legislation People - Animal Conflicts Birds

Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh, January 2014

Bangladesh ranked 169th among 178 countries in the Global Environmental Performance Index 2014. Bangladesh scored 25.61 out of 100 taking into consideration indicators like health impacts, air quality, water and sanitation, water resources, agriculture, forests, fisheries, biodiversity and habitat. Read more in this January 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh

• Published On:31/01/2014
• Source:South Asia Environment Portal
• Tags: Bangladesh Environment GM Crops Agriculture Mining River Pollution Afforestation Cancer Smoking Mercury Thermal Power Plants People - Animal Conflicts

Pakistan

Heat stress increases long-term human migration in rural Pakistan

Human migration attributable to climate events has recently received significant attention from the academic and policy communities. Quantitative evidence on the relationship between individual, permanent

• Published On:30/01/2014
• Source:Nature Climate Change
• Tags: Climate Change Pakistan Migration Climate Impacts Global Warming