Asia-Pacific

Call for participation: 2013 MyCOE / SERVIR Initiative in the Himalayas for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

The MyCOE / SERVIR Initiative in the Himalayas is a 10-month fellowship program for undergraduate and graduate students who are citizens of eligible countries*, currently enrolled in any field at an institution of higher education in an eligible country with ideas and plans for research that address themes of Climate Change in Mountain Area Regions using geographic technologies. Students are...

TRAFFIC the wildlife trade monitoring network
TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. TRAFFIC has an enviable reputation as a reliable and impartial organization, a leader in the field of conservation as it relates to wildlife trade. TRAFFIC was established in 1976 and has developed into a global network, research-driven and action-...
International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and ESD at CBD COP11

As you know India is hosting the CBD COP 11 at Hyderabad in October this year. Using the opportunity of several key persons dealing with biodiversity being at this event, Centre for Environment Education (CEE) as the Nodal Agency in India for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development is organizing an International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and ESD titled...

Call for Papers for a New Journal "Conservation Science"

The New journal, Conservation Science, is considering papers for inclusion in its first issue launching 2012.

Conservation Science is a peer-reviewed open access...

Department of Plant Resources
The Department of Plant Resources under the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (formerly known as Department of Medicinal Plants) was established in 1960. This organization is conducting and providing services in the field of research and development of plant resources in Nepal. It is a multidisciplinary organization comprizing mainly of botanists, chemists and pharmacists. Ever since its...
Press Release: Bhutan, India, and Nepal agree to enhance cooperation in the Kanchenjunga Landscape (20 August 2012)

20 August 2012, Gangtok, Sikkim, India .- The unique, culturally and biologically rich landscape around Mount Kanchenjunga covers parts of western Bhutan, northeastern India, and eastern Nepal and is one of several Himalayan areas where countries need to work together to conserve and manage biodiversity. In a meeting held at Gangtok in Sikkim State of India from 16 to 18 August 2012,...

Call for applications for the Asia-Pacific Graduates' Youth Forum on Green Economy, 25-29 September 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal

Call for applications for the Asia-Pacific Graduates' Youth Forum on Green Economy 
25–29 September 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal

Through its Asia-Pacific Mountain Network (APMN), the ...

Celebrating the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples: Message from the ICIMOD`s Director General

Warm greetings on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2012!


The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People has been celebrated every year on 9 August since 1995, the first year of the First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995–2004). In 2004, the UN General Assembly proclaimed a Second International Decade of the...

Contribution of Himalayan Ecosystems to Water, Energy, and Food Security in South Asia: A nexus approach
In the face of climatic and other socioeconomic changes, most South Asian countries having large and growing population, limited land resources, and increasing water stress face a common challenge of how to grow more food with the same or less land, less water, and increased energy prices. This concept paper seeks deeper understanding of the interlinkages among water, energy, and food, which is...
Call for entries: Voices from the Waters. 2012 The 7th International Film Festival on Water

Bangalore Film Society in collaboration with Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, SVARAJ, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), Ithaca College, USA), Christ University, Bangalore, VISTHAR, Charter of Human Responsibilities, SAMVADA, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, YWCA Bangalore, Pacific Asia Resource Centre (PARC), Tokyo and Water Journeys - Campaign for Fundamental Right to Water...

Pages

Subscribe to Asia-Pacific