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Indonesia seeks foreign funds to aid peat restoration drive

...flooding in some parts of the archipelago. From September 19-25 the satellites recorded 307 fire alerts, down from 1,247 the previous week. In the same week last year the data showed 15,029 fire alert...

27 Sep 2016

Indonesia seeks foreign funds to aid peat restoration drive

News / Carbon & Climate

Shrinking Sagar Island struggles to stay afloat

...flood receded, the land was so saline that we could grow nothing for the next two years.” Although Pal has harvested a good paddy crop this January, memory of the sudden tidal surge remains fresh. An ...

9 Mar 2017

Shrinking Sagar Island struggles to stay afloat

Press Releases / Water Falls

First ‘art, environment and consciousness’ event celebrates water

...flood and drought where large populations live. Freshwater is one of the most precious resources in the world and we must do everything we can to protect it – starting from increased awareness. ...

15 Jul 2016

First ‘art, environment and consciousness’ event celebrates water

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The next migrant wave

...flooding, storm surges, salinity, and erosion) are in Asia, owing to mass migration to megacities in recent decades. A recent study forecasts that Asia’s low-elevation population could double by 2060,...

9 Jan 2017

The next migrant wave

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia-Pacific growth needs disaster resilience

...floods,” he tells SciDev.Net. “Similarly, sharing flood information across Mekong region countries helps for better preparedness in the region.” The report notes that multi-hazard early warning syste...

5 Nov 2015

Asia-Pacific growth needs disaster resilience

News / Lifestyle

What to read, watch and listen to this Earth Day

...FloodAlso heavy on star power is Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2016 documentary Before the Flood, which in addition to being co-produced and narrated by the Hollywood celebrity features interviews with Barack O...

21 Apr 2017

What to read, watch and listen to this Earth Day

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Nature's answer to climate risk

Nearly half the world’s population – some 3.5 billion people – lives near coasts. As climate change exacerbates the effects of storms, flooding, and erosion, the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of m...

30 May 2016

Nature's answer to climate risk

Press Releases / GlacialTech Inc

GlacialTech launches an enhanced Igloo SS120 PLUS exterior floodlight

GlacialTech, the global innovator in LED lighting technology, is today pleased to announce a new heatsink-cooled lighting unit for flood lighting and rated for CoB or MCPCB LEDs of up to 200W. The new...

2 Sep 2016

GlacialTech launches an enhanced Igloo SS120 PLUS exterior floodlight

News / Carbon & Climate

Nearly 1 mln affected by severe flooding in Myanmar

...flooding has affected nearly 1 million people, according to updated figures from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Monday. The deadly floods have inundated more than 486,000 hect...

10 Aug 2015

Nearly 1 mln affected by severe flooding in Myanmar

News / Food & Agriculture

Myanmar floods deal major blow to country’s agriculture

...floods, four have been the stage of recurrent intercommunal tensions since June 2012 that have displaced more than 660 000 people, making those regions especially vulnerable to the impacts of the floo...

7 Sep 2015

Myanmar floods deal major blow to country’s agriculture

News / Food & Agriculture

Purple rice, hairless apricots to get boost under mountain label scheme

...floods, avalanches, erratic water supplies and new plant and animal pests, the Mountain Partnership said. "Mountain communities around the world are facing the same problems ... migration, poverty, em...

3 Oct 2016

Purple rice, hairless apricots to get boost under mountain label scheme

Sundarban women in Bangladesh sell reed mats

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Nature: the decisive solution for the climate change crisis

...floods, are clear signs that our planet is experiencing a serious upsurge in climate change. To tackle this existential crisis, there are two solutions that we can consider: the first is climate chang...

2 Jan 2017

Nature: the decisive solution for the climate change crisis

Press Releases / GlacialTech Inc

GlacialLight unveils newest CoB LED at Hong Kong Lighting Fair 2015

...Flood Light Series Visitors to the fair will be privy to a sneak peek of GlacialLight’s upcoming new flood light series which will include 15, 35, 55, 100, and 150 Watt models to cover the enti...

14 Oct 2015

GlacialLight unveils newest CoB LED at Hong Kong Lighting Fair 2015

News / Food & Agriculture

Can we feed the world without cutting forests? It can be done, says U.N.

...flood risk, FAO said. "In the past agriculture was focused on producing food, and forestry was focusing on something else, they were never talking to each other so sometimes their policies ended up be...

21 Jul 2016

Can we feed the world without cutting forests? It can be done, says U.N.

News / Energy

Clean energy plans may increase toxins in plankton

...flooding upstream, the researchers collected soil cores from the inland areas due to be flooded in 2017 for the hydro-electric plant. Simulated flooding The team simulated flooding by covering the cor...

11 Sep 2015

Clean energy plans may increase toxins in plankton

News / Food & Agriculture

Droughts and heatwaves cause 10 per cent drop in annual crop harvests

...floods and extreme cold events in their analysis, but didn’t find a significant impact on crop production. This could be because floods and cold weather extremes tend to occur during winter and spring...

7 Jan 2016

Droughts and heatwaves cause 10 per cent drop in annual crop harvests

News / Food & Agriculture

FSC conditionally approves plan to end suspension of APP

...flooding and social conflict. More sustainable ways of managing peatland include planting species that can be grown on wet peat so that it does not need to be drained, or phasing out plantations on pe...

13 Apr 2017

FSC conditionally approves plan to end suspension of APP

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change linked to surge in Japanese encephalitis in North East India

...floods, and thereby water stagnation—are contributing towards suitable breeding environment for the JE vector.” The virus has also spread from a few “endemic” places in upper Assam, to all 27 district...

12 Oct 2016

Climate change linked to surge in Japanese encephalitis in North East India

News / Carbon & Climate

UN report finds 90 per cent of disasters are weather-related

A new report issued on Monday by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows that over the last 20 years, 90 per cent of major disasters have been caused by 6,457 recorded flo...

24 Nov 2015

UN report finds 90 per cent of disasters are weather-related

News / Food & Agriculture

Myanmar farmers need help replanting rice after floods - UN

...floods, OCHA said in its latest situation report on the flooding. Over 1.4 million acres of paddy was flooded, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. The crops in over 500,000 acres ...

17 Aug 2015

Myanmar farmers need help replanting rice after floods - UN

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