Asia-Pacific
(Kathmandu, 22 May 2013) We all know that water is essential for life and is a basic requirement for the health and wellbeing of humans, ecosystems, and the natural processes upon which all living beings depend. What is perplexing is that, given this knowledge, why we do not take better care of water, and by extension, better care of mountains as the source of water.
The United Nations...
Earth's global thaw has reached Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, researchers said today (May 14) at the Meeting of the Americas in Cancun, Mexico.
Glaciers in the Mount Everest region have shrunk by 13 percent in the last 50 years and the snowline has shifted upward by 590 feet (180 meters), Sudeep Thakuri, a...
Projects and programme interventions of multilateral development banks have a record of systematic and widespread human rights violations for indigenous peoples in Asia. In many countries, indigenous peoples have been subjected to widespread displacement and irreversible loss of traditional livelihoods. Behind these human rights violations is the denial of indigenous peoples’ rights to their...
Faced with increasing rainfall variability – especially continuous, four-year droughts – mountain farmers in Southwest China’s Yunnan province have developed innovative strategies to minimize water-related threats to their livelihoods.
Yufang Su, Jianchu Xu and a team of World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) scientists conducted case studies of three mountain communities in rural Yunnan,...
With growing human impacts on hydrological processes over space and time, river basins around the world have evolved to become distinctive coupled human-natural systems (CHNS). The patterns and processes, reciprocal interactions and feedbacks, and co-evolution of biophysical and socioeconomic states that link humans and natural systems characterize CHNS. River basins should be managed as CHNS...
Climate change can seem like a remote problem for our leaders, but the fact is that it's already impacting real people, animals, and beloved places. These Faces of Climate Change are multiplying every day. Fortunately, other Faces of Climate Change are multiplying too: those stepping up to do something about it. Help us personalize the massive challenge climate change presents by taking a...
The Melaka International Youth Dialogue (MIYD) is an annual programme of the World Assembly of Youth (WAY) which brings together young people and youth leaders from around the world to discuss relevant youth issues. Since 2001, the MIYD has convened on a wide range of tropical issues. The MIYD has witnessed an escalating number of youth participants over the years willing to participate in the...
Over the weekend, 60 young, innovative software developers, engineers, designers, and technologists from Kathmandu came together at the NASA International Space Apps Challenge: Kathmandu Hackathon to develop solutions to pressing global problems. The winning team, Mars Odyssey, consisting of Binayak Dhakal, Roshan Bhatta, and Sakar Pudasaini, developed an easy-to-use tool to teach children...
The 1st Annual World Congress of Biodiversity-2012 was held in Xi’an last April and played a special role in advancing the understanding and a proactive approach to Biodiversity. Inspired by outstanding keynote lectures by ten Nobel laureates, nearly 200 expert speakers from more than 29 countries shared their views, concerns and achievements. The focus of BioD-2012...
The Climate Reality Leadership Corps is excited to share with you news about Climate Reality's Leadership Corps trainings. With their Chairman, former Vice President Al Gore, they are pleased to announce a U.S. training in Chicago July 30 - August 1 to train new Climate Leaders volunteers from the U.S. and Canada and an Istanbul, Turkey training on June 14 - 16 focused on...
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