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Published on 22 June 2017 Indonesia
JAKARTA - Expanding aquaculture in South-East Asia over the last two decades has been the main driver of mangrove loss in the world, says a study published in PLOS One this month (June).The study, conducted by a team of scientists at Global Mangrove Watch (GMW), mapped the distribution and changes of mangrove ecosystems in the world during 1996 — 2010 using satellite imagery. The team…
Published on 22 June 2017 Indonesia
“[The lawsuit] goes against the constitution’s mandate to guarantee for the nation a good and healthy environment,” said Nur Hidayati, executive director of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI). The group had filed to intervene in the case along with other NGOs. The business groups — GAPKI and the Indonesian Association of Forestry Concessionaires (APHI) — had sought to achieve two policy objectives. To…
Published on 22 June 2017 Indonesia
The ambassadors visited Kalla to ensure Indonesia’s commitment to the Paris Accord and follow up the climate change mitigation action plan. According to Kalla, Indonesia’s commitment to Paris Agreement remains unchanged although US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the accord. Even without the US, Kalla believes that there will be issues with the Paris Accord implementation “in terms of carbon trading and others.”…
Published on 22 June 2017 Vietnam
Of the challenges, Vietnam can adapt to climate change, prevent population increase and migration, stop natural resource overexploitation and use the land in a more effective way. But it cannot adapt to or control hydropower dams and diversion projects. The building of hydropower dams on the Mekong River from China to Laos not only forces thousands of people to relocate their houses, it changes the…
Published on 22 June 2017 Southeast Asia
The researchers used statistical techniques to quantify the contributions from El Niño and from long-term warming. Their analysis looked at the 15 hottest April temperatures over the past 80 years. All of them occurred after 1980, and all of them but one coincided with El Niño. They found that while the impact of El Niño fluctuated over the years, the impact of global warming has…
Published on 21 June 2017 Cambodia
A photograph showing rampant deforestation in Prey Lang, 2014. Photo supplied “Soldiers were running around villages and raping women; trucks destroyed houses. Security would shoot at you if you went into the forest to collect some resin. It was really bad,” said Marcus Hardtke, a former official Cambodian forestry monitor with Global Witness who has worked in Cambodia for more than 20 years. Disturbing reports…
Published on 21 June 2017 Cambodia
For many people, these kinds of incidents simply push development back to square one. That’s why the project consortium and the National Committee for Disaster Management is operating at every level to help ensure people are prepared for the unpredictable – from the villages, communes and Sangkats up.”Hun Boramey, Acting Country Director at ActionAid Cambodia As well as drawing up village, commune and district emergency…
Published on 21 June 2017 Cambodia
Future concerns Full ratification of the VPA would ensure, in principle, that wood exported from Vietnam to the EU has been legally felled and that its source is verifiable. However, there is a concern among environmentalists that the establishment of the VPA could legitimize the export of illegally logged timber if its provenance is not properly monitored. Given that so much of this timber already…
Published on 21 June 2017 Southeast Asia
There are key national and subnational developments and let me name a few: In the Philippines, the Forest Management Bureau together with stakeholders is working towards the establishment of a National Working Group on Social Forestry and Climate Change and has initiated coordination with the Climate Change Commission for linking social forestry and NationalDetermined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. It has also opened the…
Published on 21 June 2017 Brunei Darussalam
Dr Haji Abdul Manaf and Marina Laker along with guests and students at the event Mounted butterfly collection on display. – PHOTOS: BAHYIAH BAKIR Also speaking at the event was Marina Laker, the High Commissioner of Canada to Brunei Darussalam, who shared that Brunei and Canada have signed the Paris Agreement climate accord as part of a global effort to cut carbon emissions and…
Published on 21 June 2017 Southeast Asia
The net result is that these former carbon sinks, which have taken greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, are now net carbon sources, instead accelerating the planet’s warming. The findings are described this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in a paper by MIT Professor Charles Harvey, research scientist Alexander Cobb, and seven others at MIT and other institutions. “There…
Published on 20 June 2017
Ambassador and head of the EU delegation to Malaysia, Maria Castillo Fernandez Maria Castillo Fernandez, was responding to questions regarding the challenges of adopting environment-friendly and sustainable practices in Malaysia. Citing examples based on EU nations that have seen significant changes over the last few years, Maria said it was not easy arriving to where they are today. “Thirty years ago, we don’t have all…
Published on 19 June 2017 Thailand
“Before, it started flooding after raining for three days. But now, it floods after just three hours of rain,” the 47-year-old said. “After a while, if nothing is done, it’ll be less than an hour before it starts flooding.” As Thailand’s rainy season gets underway, residents in and around Bangkok say they are experiencing more intense and frequent seasonal floods since 2011, when the capital…
Published on 19 June 2017 Global
"WMO provides guidance and scientific information to strengthen national services responsible for addressing drought risks to agriculture," said WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas. "We encourage countries to take early action against drought and to move towards a more proactive approach."International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) President Gilbert F. Houngbo in his remarks emphasized the need break the cycle of crisis, disaster and relief and called…
Published on 17 June 2017 Global
Refrigerators stopped working during that May scorcher, as did ice factories. “It got so hot that people here said that there is no difference between Turbat and hell,” Noroz Bin Shabir, a student from the town, said by telephone. “It was like a fire was burning outside.” The temperature in Turbat prompted discussions on social media and among extreme-weather experts about whether an Asian record…
Published on 16 June 2017
At the national level, he said Malaysia would strive to enable countries to adopt and implement employment and social policies on climate change. He said at the sectors and enterprises level, Malaysia intends to incorporate ILO’s core values and practical approaches in industry policy frameworks for environmental sustainability. Riot further elaborated that at the ILO policies and practices level, Malaysia would seek to increase the…
Published on 16 June 2017 Vietnam
In 2015, Viet Nam joined the Paris Agreement Accord with roughly 200 other countries to begin implementing national plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The ministry has set up an action programme to deal with climate change in the period of 2016-20, targeting reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent every ten years. For cultivation, the ministry has targeted effective rice cultivation in…
Published on 16 June 2017
Read the article here: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/06/16/pushing-bicycles-as-mode-of-transport-and-for-the-environs/ Source: The Star Online | 16 June 2017
Published on 16 June 2017 Philippines
On May 26, VSU Phil-LiDAR 1 and 2 projects turned over high resolution maps, and data in CDs to representatives of local government units in the 5 provinces of Region 8 after 3 years of research. HAZARD MAPS. The resolution maps and data turned over by VSU to local government units in Easter Visayas are the produce of their three years of research The flood…
Published on 16 June 2017 Philippines
“Direct effects of CC are increased CO2 and temperature while indirect effects may include increased water variability, drought, floods, heat stress, soil salinity, and invasive pests and diseases, among others,” he said. Bantug PMPC farmers were then urged to adopt climate-smart technologies and practices. These include diversified farming, cultivation of varieties adapted to various ecosystems and stresses, controlled irrigation, and the use of machines that…
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